Evaluation of a 'bias-free' measure of awareness.

Journal article

The derivation of a reliable, subjective measure of awareness that is not contaminated by observers' response bias is a problem that has long occupied researchers. Kunimoto et al. (2001) proposed a measure of awareness (a') which apparently meets this criterion: a' is derived from confidence ratings and is based on the intuition that confidence should reflect awareness. The aim of this paper is to explore the validity of this measure. Some calculations suggested that, contrary to Kunimoto et ...

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Authors: Evans, S; Azzopardi, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Spatial vision
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 61-77
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• DOI: 10.1163/156856807779369742
• EISSN: 1568-5683
• ISSN: 0169-1015
• Language: English
• Keywords: Awareness; Bias (Epidemiology); Visual Perception; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Photic Stimulation