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THE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN AROUSAL LEVEL ON CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION FREQUENCY AND FIGURAL REVERSAL TASKS
Author(s) -
Tomkiewicz Robert L.,
Cohen Walter
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1970.tb01752.x
Subject(s) - flicker fusion threshold , psychology , arousal , skin conductance , audiology , flicker , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , electrical engineering , biomedical engineering , engineering
The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between intra‐and inter‐individual differences in arousal level and performance on both critical flicker fusion frequency and figural reversal tasks. Forty male undergraduate S s were used. Electrical skin conductance was used as the indicant of arousal level. For the intra‐individual comparisons white noise was used to increase the S s’arousal levels. Significant inverted U ‐shaped relationships were found between both flicker fusion thresholds and rates of figural reversal and skin conductance between individuals. A significant curvilinear relationship was found between rates of figural reversal and level of conductance within individuals. No significant curvilinear relationship was found between flicker fusion thresholds and level of conductance within individuals.