?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Behavioral+estimates+of+interhemispheric+transmission+time+and+the+signal+detection+method%3A+A+reappraisal&rft.creator=Brysbaert%2C+Marc&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=On+the+basis+of+a+review+of+the+literature%2C+Bashore+(1981)+concluded+that+only+simple+reaction+time+experiments+with+manual+responses+yielded+consistent+behavioral+estimates+of+interhemispheric+transmission+time.+A+closer+look+at+the+data%2C+however%2C+revealed+that+these+experiments+were+the+only+ones+in+which+large+numbers+of+observations+were+invariably+obtained+from+many+subjects.+To+investigate+whether+the+methodological+flaw+was+the+origin+of+Bashore%E2%80%99s+conclusion%2C+two+experiments+were+run+in+which+subjects+had+to+react+to+lateralized+light+flashes.+The+first+experiment+dealt+with+manual+reactions%2C+the+second+with+verbal+reactions.+Each+experiment+included+a+condition+without+catch+trials+(i.e.%2C+simple+reaction+time)+and+two+conditions+with+catch+trials.+Catch+trials+were+trials+in+which+no+stimulus+was+given+and+in+which+the+response+was+to+be+withheld.+Both+experiments+returned+consistent+estimates+of+interhemispheric+transmission+time+in+the+range+of+2%E2%80%933+msec.+No+differences+were+found+between+the+simple+reaction+time+condition+and+the+signal+detection+conditions+with+catch+trials.+Data+were+analyzed+according+to+the+variable+criterion+theory.+This+showed+that+the+effect+of+catch+trials%2C+as+well+as+the+effect+of+interhemispheric+transmission%2C+was+situated+at+the+height+of+the+detection+criterion%2C+and+not+in+the+rate+of+the+information+transmission.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3528%2F1%2FBrysbaert_P%2526P_1994.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brysbaert%2C+Marc++(1994)+Behavioral+estimates+of+interhemispheric+transmission+time+and+the+signal+detection+method%3A+A+reappraisal.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3528%2F