Citation

Jones ES. J. Exp. Psychol. 1921; 4(3): 198-202.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1921, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/h0071838

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In many current psychological textbooks the nature of perceptual experience is frequently treated without reference to the reaction phase ( i.e., some type of muscular response) of perception. Experiments would seem to indicate, however, that in discriminations of tint and hue, e.g., differences in perception must be explained in terms of reaction. Nearly all the protocols of practiced observers bear witness to the fact that increase in fineness of visual discrimination is conditioned by nice adjustment of muscular response. Perception of differences seems to resolve fundamentally into methods of reacting. From Psych Bulletin 19:01:00022. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)