On estimating the difference limen [Elektronische Ressource] : a comparison of the 2AFC and the reminder task / vorgelegt von Einat Lapid

On estimating the Difference Limen: A comparison of the 2AFC and the reminder task Dissertation der Fakultät für Informations- und Kognitionswissenschaften der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) Vorgelegt von MSc. Einat Lapid aus Tel-Aviv Tübingen 2008 Tag der mündlichen Qualifikation: 20.02. 2008 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Michael Diehl 1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Rolf Ulrich 2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Thomas Rammsayer (Universität Bern) Acknowledgements Although the current study started as a simple comparison of psychophysical methods and procedures to measure the difference limen, as the work progressed, it turned to a voyage into the abstract field of discrimination strategies, which may or may not be employed by humans. And there is nothing simple about that...of course changing subjects from biology, in which ‘what you see is what you get’ to psychophysics, one must learn how to think in concepts instead of functional thinking. To think abstract instead of concrete, after all, the mind is the biggest mystery of them all, isn’t it? First and foremost I would like to thank Professor Rolf Ulrich who had the courage to take an inexperienced someone like me along to the ride and believe in me right from the very start. And what a ride it was.