Changes in blink rate during signal discrimination tasks

KYOSUKE FUKUDA; KATSUYA MATSUNAGA

doi:10.4992/psycholres1954.25.140

KYOSUKE FUKUDA, KATSUYA MATSUNAGA

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Keywords: blink rate, auditory stimulation, visual stimulation, attention, processing of stimuli, motor response

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1983 Volume 25 Issue 3 Pages 140-146

DOI https://doi.org/10.4992/psycholres1954.25.140

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Published: November 30, 1983 Received: January 19, 1983 Available on J-STAGE: February 24, 2009 Accepted: September 11, 1983 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : Allison, L. W. 1932 An experimental study of reflex and voluntary eye lid responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 15, 56-72.
Beatty, J. 1982 Task-evoked pupillary response, processing load, and the structure of processing resources. Psychological Bulletin, 91, 276-292.
Broadbent, D. E. 1958 The effects of noise on behavior. In D. E. Broadbent, Perception and communication. London: Pergamon Press. Pp. 81-107.
Hirose, H. 1981 Differences in reaction times between crossmodal and intramodal matching. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 51, 343-350. (In Japanese with English summary)
Lawson, R. W. 1948 Blinking: Its role in physical measurements. Nature, 162, 531-532.
Matsunaga, K., Kumagai, Y., Fukuda, K., & Funatsu, T. 1981 Pupillary movement during a discrimination task of sonic location. Annual of Philosoply, 40, 133-143. (In Japanese)
McEwen, W. K., & Goodner, E. K. 1969 Secretion of tears and blinking, In E. Davson (Ed.), The eye. Vol. 3. Muscular mechanism. New York: Academic Press. Pp. 341-379.
Meyer, D. R. 1953 On the interaction of simultaneous response. Psychological Bulletin, 50, 204-220.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., & Sutterer, J. R. 1969 Heart rate and somatic changes during aversive conditioning and a simple reaction time task. Psychophysiology, 5, 696-723.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., Sutterer, J. R., & Howard, J. L. 1970 Cardiac deceleration and reaction time: An evaluation of two hypotheses. Psychophysiology, 6, 695-706.
Ponder, E., & Kennedy, W. P. 1927 On the act of blinking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, 18, 89-110.
Tecce, J. J. 1972 Contingent negative variation (CNV) and psychological process in man. Psychological Bulletin, 77, 73-108.
Webb, R. A., & Obrist, P. A. 1970 The physiological concomitants of reaction time performance as a function of preparatory interval and preparatory interval series. Psychophysiology, 6, 389-403.
Weerts, T. C., & Lang, P. J. 1973 The effect of eye fixation and stimulus and response location on the contingent negative variation (CNV). Biological Psychology, 1, 1-19.
Yoshimura, K., & Takeda, M. 1978 Blinking and mental act ivity. Paper read at Proceedings of The 19th Annual Convention of the Japanese Human Factor Engineering Association. (In Japanese)

Right : Allison, L. W. 1932 An experimental study of reflex and voluntary eye lid responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 15, 56-72.
Beatty, J. 1982 Task-evoked pupillary response, processing load, and the structure of processing resources. Psychological Bulletin, 91, 276-292.
Broadbent, D. E. 1958 The effects of noise on behavior, In D. E. Broadbent, Perception and communication. London: Pergamon Press. Pp.81-107.
Hirose, H. 1981 Differences in reaction times between crossmodal and intramodal matching. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 51, 343-350.(In Japanese with English summary)
Lawson, R. W. 1948 Blinking: Its role in physical measurements. Nature, 162, 531-532.
Matsunaga, K., Kumagai, Y., Fukuda, K., & Funatsu, T. 1981 Pupillary movement during a discrimination task of sonic location. Annual of Philosophy, 40, 133-143.(In Japanese)
Mc Ewen, W. K., & Goodner, E. K. 1969 Secretion of tears and blinking, In E. Davson (Ed.), The eye. Vol.3. Muscular mechanism. New York: Academic Press. Pp.341-379.
Meyer, D. R. 1953 On the interaction of simultaneous response. Psychological Bulletin, 50, 204-220.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., & Sutterer, J. R. 1969 Heart rate and somatic changes during aversive conditioning and a simple reaction time task. Psychophysiology, 5, 696-723.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., Sutterer, J. R., & Howard, J. L. 1970 Cardiac deceleration and reaction time: An evaluation of two hypotheses. Psychophysiology, 6, 695-706.
Ponder, E., & Kennedy, W. P. 1927 On the act of blinking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, 18, 89-110.
Tecce, J. J. 1972 Contingent negative variation (CNV) and psychological process in man. Psychological Bulletin, 77, 73-108.
Webb, R. A., & Obrist, P. A. 1970 The physiological concomitants of reaction time performance as a function of preparatory interval and preparatory interval series. Psychophysiology, 6, 389-403.
Weerts, T. C., & Lang, P. J. 1973 The effect of eye fixation and stimulus and response location on the contingent negative variation (CNV). Biological Psychology, 1, 1-19.
Yoshimura, K., & Takeda, M. 1978 Blinking and mental activity. Paper read at Proceedings of The 19th Annual Convention of the Japanese Human Factor Engineering Association.(In Japanese)

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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : Allison, L. W. 1932 An experimental study of reflex and voluntary eye lid responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 15, 56-72.
Beatty, J. 1982 Task-evoked pupillary response, processing load, and the structure of processing resources. Psychological Bulletin, 91, 276-292.
Broadbent, D. E. 1958 The effects of noise on behavior, In D. E. Broadbent, Perception and communication. London: Pergamon Press. Pp.81-107.
Hirose, H. 1981 Differences in reaction times between crossmodal and intramodal matching. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 51, 343-350.(In Japanese with English summary)
Lawson, R. W. 1948 Blinking: Its role in physical measurements. Nature, 162, 531-532.
Matsunaga, K., Kumagai, Y., Fukuda, K., & Funatsu, T. 1981 Pupillary movement during a discrimination task of sonic location. Annual of Philosophy, 40, 133-143.(In Japanese)
Mc Ewen, W. K., & Goodner, E. K. 1969 Secretion of tears and blinking, In E. Davson (Ed.), The eye. Vol.3. Muscular mechanism. New York: Academic Press. Pp.341-379.
Meyer, D. R. 1953 On the interaction of simultaneous response. Psychological Bulletin, 50, 204-220.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., & Sutterer, J. R. 1969 Heart rate and somatic changes during aversive conditioning and a simple reaction time task. Psychophysiology, 5, 696-723.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., Sutterer, J. R., & Howard, J. L. 1970 Cardiac deceleration and reaction time: An evaluation of two hypotheses. Psychophysiology, 6, 695-706.
Ponder, E., & Kennedy, W. P. 1927 On the act of blinking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, 18, 89-110.
Tecce, J. J. 1972 Contingent negative variation (CNV) and psychological process in man. Psychological Bulletin, 77, 73-108.
Webb, R. A., & Obrist, P. A. 1970 The physiological concomitants of reaction time performance as a function of preparatory interval and preparatory interval series. Psychophysiology, 6, 389-403.
Weerts, T. C., & Lang, P. J. 1973 The effect of eye fixation and stimulus and response location on the contingent negative variation (CNV). Biological Psychology, 1, 1-19.
Yoshimura, K., & Takeda, M. 1978 Blinking and mental activity. Paper read at Proceedings of The 19th Annual Convention of the Japanese Human Factor Engineering Association.(In Japanese)

Right : Allison, L. W. 1932 An experimental study of reflex and voluntary eye lid responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 15, 56-72.
Beatty, J. 1982 Task-evoked pupillary response, processing load, and the structure of processing resources. Psychological Bulletin, 91, 276-292.
Broadbent, D. E. 1958 The effects of noise on behavior, In D. E. Broadbent, Perception and communication. London: Pergamon Press. Pp. 81-107.
Hirose, H. 1981 Differences in reaction times between crossmodal and intramodal matching. Japanese Journal of Psychology, 51, 343-350.(In Japanese with English summary)
Lawson, R. W. 1948 Blinking: Its role in physical measurements. Nature, 162, 531-532.
Matsunaga, K., Kumagai, Y., Fukuda, K., & Funatsu, T. 1981 Pupillary movement during a discrimination task of sonic location. Annual of Philosophy, 40, 133-143.(In Japanese)
McEwen, W. K., & Goodner, E. K. 1969 Secretion of tears and blinking, In E. Davson (Ed.), The eye. Vol.3. Muscular mechanism. New York: Academic Press. Pp.341-379.
Meyer, D. R. 1953 On the interaction of simultaneous response. Psychological Bulletin, 50, 204-220.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., & Sutterer, J. R. 1969 Heart rate and somatic changes during aversive conditioning and a simple reaction time task. Psychophysiology, 5, 696-723.
Obrist, P. A., Webb, R. A., Sutterer, J. R., & Howard, J. L. 1970 Cardiac deceleration and reaction time: An evaluation of two hypotheses. Psychophysiology, 6, 695-706.
Ponder, E., & Kennedy, W. P. 1927 On the act of blinking. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology, 18, 89-110.
Tecce, J. J. 1972 Contingent negative variation (CNV) and psychological process in man. Psychological Bulletin, 77, 73-108.
Webb, R. A., & Obrist, P. A. 1970 The physiological concomitants of reaction time performance as a function of preparatory interval and preparatory interval series. Psychophysiology, 6, 389-403.
Weerts, T. C., & Lang, P. J. 1973 The effect of eye fixation and stimulus and response location on the contingent negative variation (CNV). Biological Psychology, 1, 1-19.
Yoshimura, K., & Takeda, M. 1978 Blinking and mental activity. Paper read at Proceedings of The 19th Annual Convention of the Japanese Human Factor Engineering Association.(In Japanese)

Abstract

Effects of stimulus modality, information processing activity and motor response on the blink rate were examined. In Experiment 1, visual and auditory stimuli were employed. The blink rate peaked just after a stimulus and then progressively decreased until the next stimulus. The changes in the blink rate were similar for both the visual and the auditory stimulus conditions. In Experiment 2, only auditory stimuli were given to examine the effects of discriminative responses and motor responses on the blink rate. The heights of peaks increased as the processing load increased, while the motor responses had no effect on the post-stimulus peaks. Attention level was used to explain the pre-stimulus attenuation, and processing load to the post-stimulus peaks.

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