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. 2011 Aug 30;5:39. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00039

Table 2.

The parametric timing and time delay dispersion indices (σ) corresponding to the circular distributions of the datasets across conditioning sessions, and for three different durations of the inter-stimulus interval (ISI).

Mean angle (in radians) Mean timing (in milliseconds) Mean radius of the centroid Circular kurtosis index Time-dispersion index
ISI = 270 ms (CS–US INTERVAL, IN THE SUB-SECONDS RANGE)
Ω¯MN 5.0202 T¯MN 215.7259 C¯MN 0.0832 ρMN 0.4199 σMN 41.9183
Ω¯CR 1.3434 T¯CR 57.7294 C¯CR 0.0962 ρCR 0.8539 σCR 7.8896
Ω¯IP 1.6228 T¯IP 69.7354 C¯IP 0.0972 ρIP 0.8910 σIP 5.7710
Ω¯0 1.8227 T¯0 78.3229 C¯0 0.0850 ρ0 0.4864 σ0 35.5164
Ω¯1 1.4978 T¯1 64.3623 C¯1 0.0962 ρ1 0.8536 σ1 7.9113
Ω¯2 1.2120 T¯2 52.0832 C¯2 0.0962 ρ2 0.8551 σ2 7.8237
Ω¯3 1.7772 T¯3 76.3711 C¯3 0.0948 ρ3 0.8017 σ3 11.0338
Ω¯4 2.1122 T¯4 90.7634 C¯4 0.0949 ρ4 0.8049 σ4 10.8351
Ω¯5 1.7645 T¯5 75.8225 C¯5 0.0941 ρ5 0.7775 σ5 12.5633
Ω¯6 2.2227 T¯6 95.5117 C¯6 0.0937 ρ6 0.7628 σ6 13.5142
*ISI = 360 ms (CS–US INTERVAL, IN THE SUB-SECONDS RANGE)
Ω¯MN 3.7658 T¯MN 215.7643 C¯MN 0.0903 ρMN 0.6441 σMN 21.8045
Ω¯CR 1.0081 T¯CR 57.7627 C¯CR 0.0979 ρCR 0.9161 σCR 4.3784
Ω¯IP 1.2176 T¯IP 69.7624 C¯IP 0.0984 ρIP 0.9376 σIP 3.2203
Ω¯0 1.3720 T¯0 78.6083 C¯0 0.0914 ρ0 0.6838 σ0 18.9297
Ω¯1 1.1239 T¯1 64.3936 C¯1 0.0979 ρ1 0.9159 σ1 4.3923
Ω¯2 0.9096 T¯2 52.1186 C¯2 0.0979 ρ2 0.9168 σ2 4.3442
Ω¯3 1.3337 T¯3 76.4144 C¯3 0.0971 ρ3 0.8853 σ3 6.0854
Ω¯4 1.5849 T¯4 90.8055 C¯4 0.0971 ρ4 0.8871 σ4 5.9854
Ω¯5 1.3244 T¯5 75.8846 C¯5 0.0967 ρ5 0.8705 σ5 6.9279
Ω¯6 1.6681 T¯6 95.5762 C¯6 0.0964 ρ6 0.8616 σ6 7.4427
*ISI = 450 ms (CS–US INTERVAL, IN THE SUB-SECONDS RANGE)
Ω¯MN 3.0129 T¯MN 215.7805 C¯MN 0.0938 ρMN 0.7630 σMN 13.4836
Ω¯CR 0.8067 T¯CR 57.7778 C¯CR 0.0986 ρCR 0.9458 σCR 2.7848
Ω¯IP 0.9742 T¯IP 69.7748 C¯IP 0.0990 ρIP 0.9598 σIP 2.0534
Ω¯0 1.0993 T¯0 78.7320 C¯0 0.0944 ρ0 0.7891 σ0 11.8251
Ω¯1 0.8993 T¯1 64.4079 C¯1 0.0986 ρ1 0.9456 σ1 2.7942
Ω¯2 0.7279 T¯2 52.1347 C¯2 0.0986 ρ2 0.9462 σ2 2.7637
Ω¯3 1.0672 T¯3 76.4339 C¯3 0.0981 ρ3 0.9257 σ3 3.8596
Ω¯4 1.2681 T¯4 90.8245 C¯4 0.0981 ρ4 0.9268 σ4 3.7990
Ω¯5 1.0599 T¯5 75.9126 C¯5 0.0979 ρ5 0.9159 σ5 4.3936
Ω¯6 1.3349 T¯6 95.6053 C¯6 0.0977 ρ6 0.9099 σ6 4.7174

These results are in correspondence with the two circumstances described in Section “Circular Statistics to Analyze Time-Dispersion Patterns During Motor Learning,” with the first row of circles in Figure 5A, and with the circular sectors in Figures 5B–7B. The ISI = 270 ms is the actual CS–US interval and both *ISI = 360 ms and *ISI = 450 ms are the simulated time conditions for studying the simulated dispersion patterns of the same dataset distribution. Here, the matrix of intensity/strength components has been substituted by a matrix of those to fit their values to the unitary circle. Note that for all the distributions the time-dispersion indices satisfy the mathematical relationship σ (270 ms) > σ (360 ms) > σ (450 ms).