Talk:Kappa effect

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What does it have to do with kappa? Is it the reptile-kappa or the greek-letter-kappa? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 03:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Does the example assume the person is noticing the visual and audible surroundings during the trip? In the case of a slow train vs a fast train with no windows, would there be a perceived difference? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.203.104.2 (talk) 00:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Prof Comments

You should redo the citations so they are in wikipedia format. Also, can you add a section (or sentence in the intro) about potential applications for this effect or provide more context? It still comes across as esoteric and hard to conceptualize. You can remove the proposed intro from the talk page too. Finally, reference the picture appropriately, so it's not automatically deleted. ProfRox (talk) 12:33, 26 November 2011 (UTC) |}

Student Comments

I thought this was a very good article that effectively depicted what the Kappa Effect is. The intro section did a nice job of summarizing the main points of what the Kappa Effect is! I would suggest adding a picture..maybe a picture of how the Kappa Effect arises when the observer changes their temporal separation-I'm not too sure how this would work though. Also, just a few minor details, I would be consistent with how you write Kappa Effect. In some areas it's Kappa effect and in others it's Kappa Effect. Also remove the excess space between uniform motion and motion in different context sections. Also, I really like how you tied in how the effect is related to the auditory stimuli..perhaps expand on this idea? Great wikipedia page! The topic seems really interesting!

Ama6313 (talk) 23:23, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Very nice and thorough job, guys. The main problem I noticed is that the first and second tabs are pretty redundant. Having a brief intro is good, but I would save all of the detail about spatial separation for the second tab. Maybe cut everything out beginning with “These estimations of the duration…”. In the first tab, I would also explain what temporal means. This would greatly improve reader comprehension of the paragraph. I know you discuss it in the next paragraph, but I would briefly define temporal in the beginning as well. Also, in the second sentence of the constant velocity tab, change “our brain incorporates” to “our brains incorporate.” Good coverage of the topic though!

Shan1603 (talk) 03:52, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I would type the intro section without a heading so it shows above the contents box- this will separate your introduction from the main body of your information a little more. Great explanation in the second section, I felt that I was grasping the concept. The material gets pretty dense, but I think you did a good job laying out the information in a cohesive order. There are a couple sentences in the constant velocity section that are long and could probably be broken up a bit so the material doesn't seem so intimidating. Overall, great job handling the difficult material!

cbear11 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:35, 30 November 2011 (UTC).

I know a lot of people have commented on the intro. You've got a lot of good context info around the Kappa effect (i.e. psychological phenomenon, temporal illusion, etc.). You talk about when it occurs and the dimensions it is concerned with, but the sentence which explains what the effect actually is, does not appear until the next section ("Correspondingly, the Kappa effect is...")-- using this sentence as a model, if you simplify some of the language, it would make a perfect topical sentence in your intro. Wikimister (talk) 01:05, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Classmate Comment

This is a very cool concept or effect to study and read about. I thought your article was enjoyable to read and nice and concise. I did however feel that the first half of the introduction was a bit confusing. Maybe just a little rewording would do, and some of the descriptions were a bit hard to follow. I liked that you were able to use a picture it helped me understand the section. If there are any it would be cool to have an external link to a youtube video.Sweetxmasham (talk) 03:45, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Classmate Comment

The first sentence is missing a comma. In the temporal judgments section it might be beneficial for you to say that you are talking about the picture, when you discuss the x-y-z example. Other than that I believe that you all have done a very good job on your wiki article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiddlecup (talk • contribs) 03:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)