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A study was performed to determine the effect of inter-stimulus distance on visual backward masking. Utilizing the Method of Limits, stimuli were presented by means of a three field tachistoscope. When interstimulus distances were small, masked elements were not perceived at all. As distances increased a gradient effect was observed.
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1. This study was performed as part of a course in graduate Research Methods given by the N.Y.U. Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Special thanks to M. S. Mayzner, instructor of the above course.
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Levine, R., Didner, R. & Tobenkin, N. Backward masking as a function of interstimulus distance. Psychon Sci 9, 185–186 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330821
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