Publications - Hans Colonius

last update: October 30, 2011

In press/forthcoming

Colonius, H., & Diederich, A. (forthcoming). Models of the Time Window of Integration. In B. E. Stein (ed.) The New Handbook of Multisensory Processes. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 

Colonius, H., & Diederich, A. (forthcoming). Intersensensory facilitation. In: N. M. Seel (Ed.) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. New York: Springer-Verlag[pdf]

2011

Colonius, H. & Diederich, A. (2011). Computing an optimal time window of audiovisual integration in focused attention tasks: illustrated by studies on effect of age and prior knowledge. Experimental Brain Research, 212(3), 327-337. [pdf]

Dzhafarov, E.N., Ünlü, A., Trendtel, M., & Colonius, H. (2011). Matrices with a given number of violations of Regular Minimality. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 55, 240–250. [pdf]

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2011). The Fechnerian idea. American Journal of Psychology. 124(2), 127-140. [pdf]

Colonius, H. & Diederich, A. (2011). The Multisensory Driver: Contributions from the Time-Window-of-Integration Model. In P. C. Cacciabue et al. (eds.), Human Modelling in Assisted Transportation, DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-1821-1 39, Springer-Verlag Italia Srl (9 pages)  [pdf]

Rach, S., Diederich, A., & Colonius, H. (2011). On quantifying multisensory interaction effects in reaction time and detection rate. Psychological Research, 75(2), 77-94. [pdf]

Diederich, A., & Colonius, H. (2012). Modeling multisensory processes in saccadic responses: time-window-of-integration model. In: M. T. Wallace & M. M. Murray (eds.) The Neural Bases of Multisensory Processes. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press (pp. 253-276)  [link][pdf]

Colonius, H., & Diederich, A. (2011). Optimality in Multisensory Integration Dynamics: Normative and Descriptive Aspects. In: E. N. Dzhafarov and L. Perry (Eds), Descriptive and Normative Approaches to Human Behavior. Volume in Advanced Series on Mathematical Psychology, H. Colonius and E.N. Dzhafarov (Eds), New Jersey: World Scientific. 

Colonius, H. & Diederich, A. (2011). Zur Modellierung visuell-auditorischer Integration bei schnellen Augenbewegungen. Lärmbekämpfung, 6(3), 110-112. [pdf]

2010

Colonius, H., &  Diederich, A. (2010). The optimal time window of visual-auditory integration: A reaction time analysis. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, May 11;4:11. [PubMed][pdf]

Rach, S., Diederich, A., Steenken, R., & Colonius, H. (2010). The race model inequality for censored reaction time distributions. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72 (3), 839-847.[pdf][PubMed]

Colonius, H. & Diederich, A. (2010) Modeling Multisensory Integration: Optimal Time Window and Generalizations. In: Book of Abstracts, European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting 2010, University of Jyväskylä Press, page 14-14. ISBN 978-951-39-3997-7

Janne V. Kujala, Albert Dietrich, & Hans Colonius (Eds.): Book of Abstracts, European Mathematical Psychology Group Meeting 2010, University of Jyväskylä Press, 48 pages.

2009

Colonius, H., Diederich, A., Steenken, R. (2009) Time-window-of-integration (TWIN) model for saccadic reaction time: Effect of auditory masker level on visual-auditory spatial interaction in elevation. Brain Topography, 21, 177-184.[pdf][PubMed]

Diederich, A., Colonius, H. (2009). Crossmodal interaction in speeded responses: Time window of integration model. Progress in Brain Research, M. Raab et al. (Eds.), Vol. 174, 119 - 135.[pdf][PubMed]

2008

Diederich, A., Colonius, H. (2008). When a high-intensity "distractor" is better then a low-intensity one: Modeling the effect of an auditory or tactile nontarget stimulus on visual saccadic reaction time. Brain Research, 1242, 219-230

Diederich, A., Colonius, H. & Schomburg, A. (2008) Assessing age-related multisensory enhancement with the time-window-of-integration model. Neuropsychologia, 46, 2556-2562

­Steenken, R., Diederich, A., Colonius, H. (2008) Time course of auditory masker effects:Tapping the locus of audiovisual integration? Neuroscience Letters, 435, 78-83

Steenken R.,  Colonius, H, Diederich, A,  Rach, S. (2008). Visual–auditory interaction in saccadic reaction time: Effects of auditory masker level. Brain Research, 1220, 150-156

Colonius, H., Diederich, A. (2008). Zur Modellierung multisensorischer Integration bei sakkadischen Reaktionszeiten. In: G. d. Rey & T. Wehr, Kognitive Psychologie - Ausgewählte Grundlagen- und Anwendungsbeispiele,(pp 53-62). Pabst Verlag. [in German]

Diederich, A. & Colonius, H. (2008) Crossmodal interaction in saccadic reaction time: Separating multisensory from warning effects in the time window of integration model. Experimental Brain Research, 186(1), 1-22 [PubMed][pdf]

2007

Colonius, H. & Diederich, A. (2007) A measure of auditory-visual integration efficiency based on Fechnerian scaling. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Audtiory-Visual Speech Processing. Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands, pp. 101-105.

Diederich, A. & Colonius, H. (2007). Modeling spatial effects in visual-tactile saccadic reaction time. Perception & Psychophysics, 69 (1), 56-67

Diederich, A. & Colonius, H. (2007). Why two "distractors" are better then one: Modeling the effect on non-target auditory and tactile stimuli on visual saccadic reaction time. Experimental Brain Research, 179, 43-54

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2007). Dissimilarity cumulation theory and subjective metrics. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 51(5), 290-304

2006

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2006). Reconstructing distances among objects from their discriminability. Psychometrika, 71, 365 - 386

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2006). Regular minimality: A fundamental law of discrimination. In: H. Colonius & E. N. Dzhafarov, Measurement and representation of sensations. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Publ. Co.

Colonius, H., & Dzhafarov, E. N. (2006). Measurement and Representation of Sensations. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Publ.

Colonius, H., & Diederich, A. (2006). Race model inequality: Interpreting a geometric measure of the amount of violation. Psychological Review, 113 (1), 148-54.

Akerfelt, A., Colonius, H., & Diederich, A. (2006). Visual-tactile saccadic inhibition. Experimental Brain Research, 169(4), 554-563

2005

Townsend, J.T., & Colonius, H. (2005). Variability of the MAX and MIN statistic: A theory of the quantile spread as a function of sample size. Psychometrika, 70(4), 759-772

Kirchner, H., & Colonius, H. (2005). Interstimulus contingency facilitates saccadic responses in a bimodal go/no-go task. Cognitive Brain Research, 25, 262-272.

Kirchner, H., & Colonius, H. (2005). Cognitive control in multisensory interaction: Intersensory facilitation in antisaccades can be modulated by interstimulus contingency. Experimental Brain Research, 166, 440-444.

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2005). Psychophysics without physics: Extension of Fechnerian Scaling from continuous to discrete and discrete-continuous stimulus spaces. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 49, 125-141.

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2005). Psychophysics without physics: A purely psychological theory of Fechnerian Scaling in continuous stimulus spaces. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 49, 1-50.

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2005). From Fechner to Fechner, and beyond. In J.S. Monahan, S.M. Sheffert, & J.T. Townsend (Eds) Fechner Day 2005. Mt. Pleasant, MI: Michgan University Press.

2004

Diederich, A. & Colonius, H. (2004). Bimodal and trimodal multisensory enhancement of reaction time: Effects of stimulus onset and intensity. Perception & Psychophysics, 66(8).

Colonius, H. & Diederich, A. (2004). Why aren't all deep superior colliculus neurons multisensory? A Bayes' Ratio Analysis. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 4 (3), 344-353.

Colonius, H., & Diederich, A. (2004). Multisensory interaction in saccadic reaction time: A time-window-of-integration model. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 (6), 1000-1009.

Diederich, A., & Colonius, H. (2004). Modeling the time course of multisensory interaction in manual and saccadic responses. In: G. Calvert, C. Spence, B.E. Stein (eds.), Handbook of multisensory processes. Cambridge: MIT Press, 395-408.

Kirchner, H., & Colonius, H. (2004). Predictiveness of a visual distractor modulates saccadic responses to auditory targets. Experimental Brain Research, 155, 257-260.

Colonius, H (2004). Guest Editorial, In: C. Kaernbach, E. Schröger, H. Müller (eds.), Psychophysics beyond sensation: Laws and invariants of human cognition. Lawrence Erlbaum, 113-117.

2003

Özyurt, J., Colonius, H., & Arndt, P.A.(2003) . Countermanding saccades: Evidence against independent processing of go and stop signal. Perception & Psychophysics, 65, 420-428.

Arndt, P.A. & Colonius, H. (2003). Two stages in crossmodal saccadic integration: Evidence from a visual-auditory focused attention task. Experimental Brain Research, 150, 417-426.

Diederich, A., Colonius, H., Bockhorst, D., & Tabeling, S. (2003). Visual-tactile interaction in saccade generation. Experimental Brain Research, 148, 328-337.

2002

Colonius, H., & Diederich, A. (2002). A maximum-likelihood approach to modeling multisensory enhancement. In: T.G. Dietterich, S. Becker, & Z. Ghahramani, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 14, Cambridge: MIT Press.

Colonius, H., & Diederich, A., (2002). A stochastic model of multimodal integration in saccadic responses. In: R. P. Würtz, M. Lappe (eds), Dynamic Perception. Berlin: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 321-326.

2001

Colonius, H., Özyurt, J., & Arndt, P.A. (2001). Countermanding saccades with auditory stop signals: testing the race model. Vision Research, 41, 1951-1968. (pdf)

Heuermann, H., & Colonius, H. (2001). Spatial and temporal factors in visual-auditory interaction. In: E. Sommerfeld, R. Kompass, T. Lachmann (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventeenth Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publ. (pp. 118-123).

Dzhafarov, E.N., & Colonius, H. (2001). Multidimensional Fechnerian scaling: Basics. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 45, 670-719.

Colonius, H., & Arndt, P. (2001). A two stage model for visual-auditory interaction in saccadic latencies. Perception and Psychophysics, 63, 126-147.

Colonius, H. (2001). Random utility models of choice and response time. In: A.A.J. Marley (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Amsterdam: Pergamon Press.

2000

Van Zandt, T., Colonius,H., & Proctor,R. (2000). A comparison of two reaction time models applied to perceptual matching. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review , 208-256.

1999

Colonius, H.(1999). A theorem on parallel processing models with a generalized stopping rule. Mathematical Social Sciences, 38, 247-258.

Dzhafarov, E. N., & Colonius, H.(1999). Fechnerian metrics in unidimensional and multidimensional stimulus spaces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 6, 239-268.

Colonius, H., & Arndt, P. (1999). A comment on “A model of saccade generation based on parallel processing and competitive inhibition” by J. M. Findlay & R. Walker. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 677-678.

Kirchner, H. & Colonius, H. (1999). Visual-auditory interaction in saccades: Interstimulus contingency effects. In: A. Schick, M. Meis and C. Reckhardt (eds.), Contributions to Psychological Acoustics (pp. 449 - 454).

Heuermann, H., & Colonius, H. (1999). Localization experiments with saccadic responses in virtual auditory environments. In: T. Dau, V. Hohmann, & B. Kollmeier (eds.), Psychophsics, Physiology, and Models of Hearing, Singapore: World Scientific (pp. 89-92).

Troidl, K. E.& Colonius, H. (1999). The influence of an auditory accessory stimulus on saccadic responses to multiple visual targets. In: A. Schick, M. Meis and C. Reckhardt (eds.), Contributions to Psychological Acoustics (pp. 455 - 462).

pre-1999

Gockel, H., & Colonius, H. (1997) Auditory profile analysis: Is there perceptual constancy for spectral shape for stimuli roved in constancy ? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, 2311-2315.

Townsend, J. T., & Colonius, H. (1997) Parallel processing response times and experimental determination of the stopping rule. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 41, 392-397.

Colonius, H., & Townsend, J. T. (1997). Activation-state representation of models for the redundant signals effect. In: A. A. J. Marley (ed.), Choice, Decision, and Measurement: Essays in honor of R. Duncan Luce, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Colonius, H. & Ellermeier, W. (1997). Modeling reaction times in a complex auditory discrimination task. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 41, 19-27.

Colonius, H. (1996). Set theoretic foundations for a theory of human memory. Comment on Toward a theory of human memory: Data structures and access processes by M. S. Humphreys, J. Wiles, & S. Dennis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19:3, 557-558.

Ellermeier, W., & Colonius, H. (1995). Reaction times in the auditory discrimination of spectral shape. In: C.-A. Possamai (Ed.), Fechner Day 95, Cassis, France; Intern. Soc. for Psychophysics, 1995, 185-190.

Colonius, H. (1995). The instance theory of automaticity: Why the Weibull? Psychological Review, 102, No. 4, 744-750.

Diederich, A., & Colonius, H. (1995). Dynamische Modelle des Entscheidungsverhaltens. In: K. Pawlik (Hrsg.), Bericht ueber den 39. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Psychologie. Goettingen: Hogrefe-Verlag.

Colonius, H., & Vorberg, D. (1994) Distribution inequalities for parallel models with unlimited capacity. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 38, 35-58.

Gockel, H., & Colonius, H. (1993). Discrimination of auditory profile stimuli roved in frequency. In: A. Schick (Ed.), Contributions to Psychological Acoustics VI. Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag, 287-299.

Parlitz, D., & Colonius, H. (1993). Effects of visual stimulation on auditory detection. In: A. Schick (Ed.), Contributions to Psychological Acoustics VI. Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag, 387- 395.

Colonius, H. (1993). Complete consensus and order independence. In: M. Fligner & J. Verducci (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint AMS-SIAM Summer Research Conference on Probability Models and Statistical Analysis of Ranking Data. Springer Lecture Notes in Statistics. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Marley, A. A. J., & Colonius, H. (1992). The „horse-race“ random utility model for choice and reaction time, and its competing risks interpretation. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 35, 1-20.

Colonius, H. (1991). Progress in European mathematical psychology. A review of E. E. Roskam (Ed.), Mathematical Psychology in Progress. Contemporary Psychology, 36, 607-609.

Diederich, A., & Colonius, H. (1991). A further test of the superposition model for the redundant-signals effect in bimodal detection.  Perception & Psychophysics, 50, 83-86.

Colonius, H. (1991). Founding cognitive science on the arrow of time ? A review of M. Nowakowska, Cognitive Sciences: Basic Problems, New Perspectives, and Implications for Artificial Intelligence. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 35, 122-130.

Colonius, H. (1990). A note on the stop-signal paradigm or how to observe the unobservable. Psychological Review, 97, 309-312

Colonius, H. (1990). Possibly dependent probability summation of reaction time. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 34, 253-275.

Colonius, H., Frank. K. D., Janke, G., Kohnert, K., Möbus, C., Schröder, O., & Thole, H. J.  1988). Spezifikation und Wissenserwerb mit ikonischen Regeln am Beispiel einer visuellen Programmiersprache. In: W. Schönpflug (Hrsg.),  Bericht über den 36. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie.Göttingen: Hogrefe-Verlag.

Colonius, H. (1988). Modeling the redundant signals effect by specifying the hazard function.  Perception & Psychophysics, 43, 605-607.

Colonius, H., et al. (1987). Entwicklung einer Wissensdiagnostik- und Fehlererklärungs-komponente beim Erwerb von Programmierwissen für ABSYNTH. In: R. Günzenhäuser (Hrsg.),   Intelligente Lernsysteme. Tübingen.

Diederich, A., & Colonius, H. (1987). Intersensory facilitation in the motor component? A reaction time analysis.  Psychological Research, 49, 23-29.

Colonius, H. (1987). Modeling dependent processing in reaction time analysis. In: E. Roskam & R. Suck (Hrsg.),  Progress in Mathematical Psychology, Vol. I. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publication Co.

Colonius, H., Möbus, C., & Schröder, O. (1986). Programmieren mit mentalen Modellen? In: M. Amelang (Hrsg.),  Bericht über den 35. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Göttingen: Hogrefe-Verlag.

Colonius, H. (1986). Measuring channel dependence in separate activation models. Perception & Psychophysics, 40, 251-255.

Pohl, R., Colonius, H., & Thüring, M. (1985). Recognition of script-based inferences.  Psychological Research, 47, 59-67.

Colonius, H. (1983). A characterization of stochastic independence, with an application to random utility theory.  Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 27, 103-106.

Weber, G., & Colonius, H. (1983). Subjective representation of velocity in verbs of motion.  Psychological Research, 45, 73-90.

Glowalla, U., & Colonius, H. (1982). Toward a model of acrostructure search. In: A. Flammer & W. Kintsch (Hrsg.), Discourse Processing, 111-123. Amsterdam: North-Holland  Publication Co.

Colonius, H. (1982). Bemerkung zu Hamerle's ''Berichtigung``. Archiv für Psychologie, 134, 315-317.

Colonius, H., & Schulze, H.-H. (1981). Tree structures for proximity data.  British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 34, 167-180.

Colonius, Hans (1981). A new interpretation of stochastic test models.  Psychometrika, 46, 223-225.

 Colonius, H. (1981). Gelöste und ungelöste Probleme beim Stochastischen Messen. In: W. Michaelis (Hrsg.),  Bericht über den 32. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 160-167. Göttingen: Hogrefe-Verlag.

Colonius, H. (1980). Latent-Trait-Modelle als Spezialfall probabilistischer Messstrukturen.  Archiv für Psychologie, 132, 183-186.

Colonius, H. (1980). Representation and uniqueness of the Bradley-Terry-Luce model for pair comparisons.  British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 33, 99-103.

Schulze, H.-H., & Colonius, H. (1979). Eine neue Methode zur Erforschung des Subjektiven Lexikons. In: L. H. Eckensberger (Hrsg.),  Bericht über den 31. Kongress der  Gesellschaft für Psychologie, 85-88. Göttingen: Hogrefe-Verlag.

Colonius, H. (1979). Zur Eindeutigkeit der Parameter im Rasch-Modell. PsychologischeBeiträge, 21, 410-416.

Colonius, H., & Schulze, H.-H. (1979). Die Repräsentation nichtnumerischer Ähnlichkeitsdaten durch Baumstrukturen. Psychologische Beiträge, 21, 98-111.

Colonius, H. (1978). On weak extensive measurement. Philosophy of Science, 45, 303-308.

Colonius, H. (1977). On Keats' generalization of the Rasch model.  Psychometrika, 42, 443-445.