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In two sessions each, 16 subjects were asked to match apparent handgrip force and apparent duration in a counterbalanced order to the pronounceability of 12 trigrams in order to assess sensory modality opinion scales for individuals. Scales for individuals, like those for group data, were consistent across tasks and showed reliability across sessions. Subjects displayed strong agreement on the relative pronounceabilities of the trigrams according to Kendall’s test for concordance. A significant intersession correlation for subjects’ multimodality exponents indicated reliable differences in these exponents among individuals. Comparisons with psychophysical scales were made and discussed.
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Dawson, W.E., Mirando, M.A. Sensory-modality opinion scales for individual subjects. Perception & Psychophysics 17, 596–600 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203975
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