Abstract
Simple reaction time (RT) to a sinusoidal grating was analyzed in terms of a linear filter model of the detection process. First, RT contrast functions were determined over a wide range of spatial frequencies and retinal illuminances. Second, calculating the time course of the linear filter's response, theoretical visual latency contrast functions were derived for the same conditions of spatial frequency and retinal illuminance as those in the RT measurements. Comparison of the two functions showed that the contrast dependence of the RT functions was much larger than that of the visual latency functions. The discrepancy between the two functions was satisfactorily described as a power function of the slope of the filter's response at threshold level. On the basis of these results, we propose a model of the RT process. According to the model, the RT process is mediated by a cascade that consists of a level detector, which includes a linear filter followed by a threshold device, and a differentiator of the filter's response.
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