Michael Scarpitti wrote:
wrote in message news:e4P_b.6984$AL.139593@attbi_s03...
Someone said they use extended listening in the dark to avoid light
stimulation and do hear differences. The key is not the level of
illumination but the knowledge of which is in the system.

Prove it! There is NO evidence to prove that the senses are influenced
by 'knowledge'.


I wonder what the authors of this reference book would make of that claim:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0849...23#reader-link

You can view the Table of Contents at Amazon.
Notice particularly the section headings of Chapter 4,
"Factors Influencing Sensory Verdicts'.
For somre reason, Mssrs. Meilgaard et al., who are on their third edition
of this book, PERSIST in including discussion
of such fictions as 'expectation bias' and 'mutual suggestion'.

And why do you suppose the esteemed authors of *this* well-regarded tome
on psychoacoustics, Drs. Zwicker and Fastl, discuss 'bias'
in the in the 'Methods and Procedures' section, so early on in the book?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

And why, pray tell, does this dictionary of psychological testing
contain an entry for the term 'blind study'?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books


Please, someone write to these authors and let them know it's all a
mistake. Michael Scarpitti says so.



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