Temporal order: The effect of single versus repeated presentations, practice, and verbal feedback

Whereas Hirsh and Sherrick (1961) found that experienced Os could judge correctly the temporal order of a sound and a light presented repeatedly when the interval separating them was 20 msec, Hirsh and Fraisse (1964) found that naive Os required about 60 msec for the same accuracy of performance with single presentations of the same pair. This experiment examined the effects of single vs repeated presentations, practice, and verbal feedback on performance in the judgment of temporal order. The results indicate that performance under repeated presentation is significantly better than under single presentation, that learning effects are most pronounced during the first 4 of 16 sessions, and that the effects of feedback appear to depend on the precise wording given the S on how he is to perform.