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The paper proposes a quantification of temporal patterns derived from Garner’s (1974) principles of balance and progression. The measure was found to predict subjects’ selection of starting points in the perception of 56 patterns reported in the literature. The median correlation between the measure and performance was − .94, and 49 of the 56 correlations were significant beyond the .05 level. A model of starting-point selection is proposed to account for the relationship, and a simulation based on the model selected starting points with frequencies similar to those of subjects (r=.89). Further derivations from the model are tested against data in the literature.
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MacGregor, J.N. A measure of temporal patterns. Perception & Psychophysics 38, 97–100 (1985). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202930
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