Transfer of Calibration Between Length and Sweet-Spot Perception by Dynamic Touch

Withagen, Rob; Michaels, Claire F.

doi:10.1080/10407410709336948

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“…These results contribute to an understanding of the nature of the stimulation pattern(s) that perceivers become calibrated to as result of feedback. Previous research has shown that recalibration of perception of a given property is not specific to a given effector (Stephen & Hajnal, 2011;Withagen & Michaels, 2004; but see Durgin, Fox, & Kim, 2003) and that recalibration of perception by a given effector is not specific to a given property (Wagman & Van Norman, 2011;Withagen & Michaels, 2007). The results of the present experiment suggest that recalibration of the perception of a given property is not specific to a given modality (i.e., that recalibration is modality-independent).…”

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Is calibration of the perception of length modality-independent?

Wagman

Abney

2013

Atten Percept Psychophys

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Perception becomes increasingly scaled to environmental properties when feedback is provided about the perception of a given property. Understanding the process of calibration requires a description of the stimulation patterns to which perceivers become calibrated as a result of such feedback. Recent investigations using a transfer-of-calibration paradigm have shown that recalibration of the perception of length transfers from audition to touch. Such results have provided preliminary evidence that calibration of this property is modality-independent (i.e., that feedback about length calibrates perceivers to a modality-independent stimulation pattern). The experiment reported here provides a stronger test of this claim by demonstrating that perception transfers in both directions (i.e., from audition to touch, and vice versa). The results provide further evidence that calibration is modality-independent, and they are consistent with the more general proposal that the stimulation patterns that support perception are also modality-independent.

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Is calibration of the perception of length modality-independent?

Wagman

Abney

2013

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“…A cognitively based adjustment of rapid, real-time interceptive movements does not seem plausible. Second, in our own previous demonstrations of recalibration of length perception by dynamic touch (Withagen & Michaels, 2005), we found that the 1 participant who volunteered that he had done cognitive rescaling was patently in error: A claim that 15 cm was added to perceived length was belied by a change in slope of 0.82 and a change of Ϫ13.2 cm in the intercept in the relation between actual and perceived. In that article, we also presented logical arguments against the view that calibration is cognitive.…”

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The Role of Feedback Information for Calibration and Attunement in Perceiving Length by Dynamic Touch.

Withagen¹,

Michaels²

2005

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Two processes have been hypothesized to underlie improvement in perception: attunement and calibration. These processes were examined in a dynamic touch paradigm in which participants were asked to report the lengths of unseen, wielded rods differing in length, diameter, and material. Two experiments addressed whether feedback informs about the need for reattunement and recalibration. Feedback indicating actual length induced both recalibration and reattunement. Recalibration did not occur when feedback indicated only whether 2 rods were of the same length or of different lengths. Such feedback, however, did induce reattunement. These results suggest that attunement and calibration are dissociable processes and that feedback informs which is needed. The observed change in variable use has implications also for research on what mechanical variables underlie length perception by dynamic touch.

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“…Earlier studies have tested whether transfer of calibration follows a functional organization—if one means to achieve a goal is calibrated are other means of achieving this goal calibrated as well, even when they are realized by different anatomical structures? Although functionally specific transfer of calibration has been observed (Rieser et al 1995 ; Stephen & Hajnal, 2011 ; Withagen & Michaels, 2002 , 2004 ), the evidence for such an organization is not unequivocal (Durgin et al, 2003 ; Bingham et al, 2014 ; Martin et al, 1996 ; Withagen & Michaels, 2007 ). In the present study, rather than calibration we considered the process of attunement and tested whether attunement follows a functional organization.…”

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“…During the past decades, the functional model has been put to several tests. Although functionally specific transfer has been observed (Rieser et al 1995 ; Stephen & Hajnal, 2011 ; Withagen & Michaels, 2002 , 2004 ), not all studies found it (Durgin, Fox, & Kim, 2003 ; Bingham, Pan, & Mon-Williams, 2014 ; Martin, Keating, Goodkin, Bastian, & Thach, 1996 ; Withagen & Michaels, 2007 ). Bingham et al ( 2014 ) explained this discrepancy with his “mapping theory.” According to this theory, calibration can be functionally specific, but it also can be confined to a specific limb.…”

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Transfer of attunement in length perception by dynamic touch

Vries

Withagen

Zaal

2015

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Earlier studies have revealed that the calibration of an action sometimes transfers in a functionally specific way—the calibration of one action transfers to other actions that serve the same goal, even when they are performed with different anatomical structures. In the present study, we tested whether attunement (the process by which perceivers learn to detect a more useful, specifying, informational pattern) follows such a functional organization. Participants were trained to perceive the length of rods by dynamic touch with one of their effectors. It was found that training the right hand resulted in an attunement to a specifying variable with both hands, but not with the feet. Training the other limbs did not result in attunement. However, substantial individual differences were found. The implications of the results are explored for theories on the organization of perceptual learning and discussions on individual differences in perception.

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Transfer of Calibration Between Length and Sweet-Spot Perception by Dynamic Touch

Cited by 27 publications

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Is calibration of the perception of length modality-independent?

Is calibration of the perception of length modality-independent?

The Role of Feedback Information for Calibration and Attunement in Perceiving Length by Dynamic Touch.

Transfer of attunement in length perception by dynamic touch

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