Abstract
Four trained Ss participated in a task concerned with intersensory facilitation of reaction time (RT). Discriminative RT to a visual event was longer than discriminative RT to a combined auditory-visual event, even though the auditory event by itself was a catch signal. The magnitude of this difference was greater with a long (5.5 sec) as opposed to short (.5 sec) foreperiod delay. This finding supported the hypothesis that the auditory component of the combined event serves a preparatory state role by enhancing response readiness, a role that is manifest to the extent that S’s prior degree of preparation is nonoptimal.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 113-114 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Psychonomic Science |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1970 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)