PMID- 893005
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19771014
LR  - 20190827
IS  - 0020-7454 (Print)
IS  - 0020-7454 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
DP  - 1977
TI  - Electrocutaneous input-output functions: magnitude estimation and reaction time.
PG  - 73-80
AB  - An experiment was conducted on the effect of electrocutaneous stimuli on the 
      generation of two types of input-output functions, and their relationship to each 
      other. The data indicate that increasing electrocutaneous stimulus intensity 
      results in a monotonic growth of magnitude estimation and a negatively 
      decelerating decrease in reaction time. Reaction time approaches an asymptote at 
      high intensities. The dynamic range of reaction time (RT), i.e., the RT which 
      decreases as a function of increases in intensity was subtracted from the 
      asymptotic reaction time (RTmin) for the subsequent analyses. The two-parameter 
      power function provides a better fit for magnitude estimation as well as for 
      RT--RTmin as a function of stimulus intensity than either a two-parameter linear 
      or log-linear equation. When RT--RTmin is plotted as a function of magnitude 
      estimation on a log-log scale, the data are within 4% of the predicted linear 
      equation with a slope of --1, with no significant nonlinear components. If these 
      data are plotted on a linear-linear scale, the linear coefficient is 31% steeper 
      than --1, and a significant nonlinear component is present.
FAU - Babkoff, H
AU  - Babkoff H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Neurosci
JT  - The International journal of neuroscience
JID - 0270707
SB  - IM
MH  - Electric Stimulation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Methods
MH  - Reaction Time/*physiology
EDAT- 1977/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1977/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1977/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1977/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1977/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1977/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.3109/00207457709147204 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Neurosci. 1977;7(2):73-80. doi: 10.3109/00207457709147204.