title: Psychophysics of kinesthesis.
abstract: A horizontal straight-arm movement was used to determine the relationship between the physical stimulus continuum and the psychological continuum of kinesthetic extent of arm movement. A power function with an exponent of 1.075 best described this relationship. In addition, to classify extent of movement as belonging to either a prothetic or metathetic continuum, the category scale was derived. According to the functional criteria described by Stevens (1957), extent of movement was subserved by a metathetic process which would indicate that, for the present task, judgments were made through the use of positional cues rather than amplitude cues.
authors: a School of Physical Education , The University of British Columbia.
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Marteniuk
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Ryan