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Ss were asked to make both inter- and intramodal comparisons of the durations of lights and tones, in a two-alternative, forced-choice situation, with signal durations between 0.5 sec. and 1.6 sec The probability of a correct judgment was higher for intra- than for intermodal comparisons and was highest for intra-auditory comparisons. For intermodal pairs of signals with durations 0.5 sec. and 0.6 sec, there was a greater than chance probability of judging the visual signal longer than the auditory.
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The authors wish to thank Roanna Crawford for her assistance in collecting the data.
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Tanner, T.A., Patton, R. & Atkinson, R.C. Intermodality judgments of signal duration. Psychon Sci 2, 271–272 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03343446
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