| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2000-003.02 |
| Location: | Arquivo PCA - Pasta 9/2000
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Title:
| Quasi-experimental study of transliminality, vibrotactile thresholds and performance speed
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| Publication year: | 2006
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URL:
| http://aiprinc.org/abstracts_6.htm
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Transliminality has been hypothesised to derive from weak or erratic cognitive mechanisms that are responsible for the active suppression (or gating) of irrelevant information from consciousness. It was therefore expected in a test of vibrotactile sensitivity that (i) individuals with high transliminality scores (HT) have lower thresholds than individuals with low transliminality scores (LT), (ii) the HT group take less time than the LT group to obtain a threshold, (iii) and the presence of a stimulus that competes for attention increases the time and thresholds of the HT group to a greater extent than those of the LT group. Fifty participants (17 HTs, 33 LTs) completed three repetitions of threshold testing using the CASE IV System while exposed to each of four competing auditory conditions (two Intensity x two Complexity). Results confirmed predictions, but only the intensity of the competing stimulus, rather than its relative complexity, interfered with the vibrotactile thresholds of the HT group.
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| Accessibility: | Document exists in file (previous version submitted for publication)
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Copyright/Reproduction:
| By permission
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Language:
| eng
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Notes:
| The article is located in the attachments of the doctoral thesis |
| Author: | Houran, J.
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Secondary author(s):
| Hughes, L. F., Thalbourne, M. A., Delin, P. S.
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Document type:
| Article
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Number of reproductions:
| 2
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Reference:
| Houran, J., Hughes, L. F., Thalbourne, M. A., & Delin, P. S. (2006). Quasi-experimental study of transliminality, vibrotactile thresholds and performance speed. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 6(1), 54-80.
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| Indexed document: | No
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| Keywords: | Parapsychology / Transliminality
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Quasi-experimental study of transliminality, vibrotactile thresholds and performance speed |