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Psychophysics & a brief intro to the nervous system
Jonathan PillowPerception (PSY 345 / NEU 325) Princeton University, Fall 2017
Lec. 3
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Outline for today:
• psychophysics
• Weber-Fechner Law
• Signal Detection Theory
• basic neuroscience overview
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The Dawn of Psychophysics
Gustav Fechner (1801–1887) often considered founder of experimental psychology
psychophysics
mattermind
• scientific theory of the relationship between mind and matter
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Fechner’s law
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The Dawn of PsychophysicsErnst Weber (1795–1878)
“Weber’s Law”• law about how stimulus intensity relates
to detectability of stimulus changes • As stimulus intensity increases,
magnitude of change must increase proportionately to remain noticeable
is just as detectable as
1 pound change in a 20 pound weightExample:
0.2 pound change in a 4 pound weight = .05
= .05
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The Dawn of PsychophysicsErnst Weber (1795–1878)
stimulus intensity
change in stimulus
Weber Fraction• ratio of change magnitude to stimulus magnitude that is required for detecting the change
Q: what’s the smallest change in a 100 pound weight could you detect? = .05
= .05
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The Dawn of PsychophysicsErnst Weber (1795–1878)
Weber Fraction• ratio of change magnitude to stimulus magnitude that is required for detecting the change
Q: what’s the smallest change in a 100 pound weight could you detect? = .05
= .05
Just-Noticeable Difference (JND)• smallest magnitude change that can be detected
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Look at Fechner’s law again:
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A little math (don’t freak out)
Fechner’s law:
differentiate both sidesperceptintensity
stimulusintensity
So detectability (“how much the percept changes”) is determined by the ratio of stimulus change dR to stimulus intensity R.
change in stimulusintensity
change in perceptintensity
Weber’s law:
(so, it’s really the same law!)
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my rating: this is very deep / important!
Weber-Fechner Law
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Stevens’ Power Law
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(my rating: “meh”)
• subjective• based on rating data• no “right” answer: just a mapping between one unknown scale (‘pain’) and another unknown scale (‘numbers’)
Stevens’ Power Law
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A CB
Test yourself: at which intensity are changes most detectable?
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For this stimulus/sensation relationship, which stimulus changes are most detectable?
A B C
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How to measure perception?
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perception - alan stocker © 2009
müller-lyer illusion
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perception - alan stocker © 2009
“percept”
“percept” is internal
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perception - alan stocker © 2009
xf(x)
blabla
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Psychophysics
• detection (yes/no)• discrimination (e.g., bigger than)• estimation (report the stimulus exactly)
All provide indirect measure of internal mental state!
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Detectionperfect threshold
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Detectionnoiseperfect threshold
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psychometric function• relates physical quantity to the probability of detecting it
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Signal detection theory: A psychophysical theory that quantifies the response of an observer to the presentation of a signal in the presence of noise
( On board )
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Figure 1.16 Detecting a stimulus using the signal detection theory (SDT) approach (Part 1)
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Figure 1.16 Detecting a stimulus using the signal detection theory (SDT) approach (Part 2)
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Figure 1.17 Sensitivity to a stimulus: The separation between the distributions of response to noise alone and to signal plus noise
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Figure 1.18 For a fixed dʹ, all you can do is change the pattern of your errors by shifting the response criterion
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Signal detection theory
! Hit: Stimulus is presented and observer responds “Yes”
! Miss: Stimulus is presented and observer responds “No”
! False alarm: Stimulus is not presented and observer responds “Yes”
! Correct rejection: Stimulus is not presented and observer responds “No”
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Signal Detection Theory Terms to know:
“noise” distribution: values arising when stimulus not present
“signal” distribution: values arising when signal + noise present
Type I error: rate of “false alarms”, or false positives
Type II error: rate of “misses”, or false negatives
psychometric function: describes probability of saying “I heard it” as function of stimulus intensity
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Brief Neuroscience Intro:
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perception - alan stocker © 2009
the brain, yo
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perception - alan stocker © 2009
neuron
dendrites of target neurons
axons of sensoryreceptor neurons
• membrane is polarized: voltage difference between inside and outside (neuron is like a battery)
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spikes - currency of the nervous system
depolarization: Na+ enters
action potential!
repolarization: K+ flows out
hodgkin and huxley
• channels open• current flows in• membrane becomes depolarized
Spikes - currency of the nervous system
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spike propagation
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synapse
action potential triggers release of vesicles
transmitter molecules bind to receptor
post-synaptic electrical signal
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measuring neural activity
• Invasive methods- electrophysiology (electrodes)- imaging (voltage sensitive dyes)
• non-invasive methods- fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)- EEG (electroencephalography)- MEG (magnetoencephalography)
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You can safely ignore (for now)
• method of constant stimuli / method of adjustment• ROC curves• Fourier analysis (though we will come back to it!)• Cranial nerves (Fig 1.20)• brain anatomy (Fig 1.21, but we will come back as needed)
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Summary
• Weber-Fechner law• Stevens’ power law• psychophysics• psychometric function• signal detection theory: threshold, criterion, Hit/Miss, FA/CR, d’ (i.e., “d-prime”)• spikes, synapses, neurotransmitter
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Next: Read Chapter 2