Development and validation of second-order psychophysical contrast sensitivity measures

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2020.4.38077

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contrast sensitivity, second order, psychophysics, spatial perception, psychophysical methods

Abstract

The first-order Contrast Sensitivity (SC) measure is often used to assess spatial perception. Our goal was to develop and validate a second-order SC test for clinical application. Methodological changes were made in the psychophysical routine to reduce testing time and in the first experiment we validated the new methodology. In a second experiment, normal values were derived from the result of sixteen participants who were tested under the same conditions as the first experiment. Validity measures were obtained using Spearman-Brown Split-Half Reliability Coefficient for all tested spatial frequencies (r> 0.90). The development and validation of this new experiment for second-order SC measures will allow to advance in the studies of the basic mechanisms of the perception of space fo complex stimuli, as well as the clinical application in several diseases.

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Marcelo Fernandes Costa, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Doutor em Neurociências e Comportamento pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em São Paulo, SP, Brasil; pós-doutor em Neurociências pela Universidade de Coimbra, em Portugal; livre-docente em Psicologia Sensorial e da Percepção pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em São Paulo, SP, Brasil; Professor Associado 2 do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Otávio Corrêa Pinho, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Graduando de Psicologia pela Universidade Paulista (UNIP), em São Paulo, SP, Brasil; aluno de Iniciação Científica Bolsista PIBIC em Psicofisiologia Sensorial, Instituto de Psicologia, na Universidade de São Paulo (USP), em São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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2020-12-31

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Costa, M. F., & Pinho, O. C. (2020). Development and validation of second-order psychophysical contrast sensitivity measures. Psico, 51(4), e38077. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2020.4.38077

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