Elisabet Borg
Universitetslektor
Research Interests
Comparisons of different scaling methods regarding their metric properties, the meaning of scale values and possibilities of making interindividual comparisons.
The uni- and multidimensionality of chosen perceptual concepts like, e.g., Perceived exertion, Pain, and Fatigue.
The problem of distinguishing ”rating-behavior” and context effects from perceptually interesting differences.
The use of scaling in clinical diagnostics as an instrument for discriminating between different ”groups of patients” with problems of peripheral and/or central character like, e.g., repetitive strain injury, chronic fatigue syndrome, coronary heart problems, dyspnea, irritated urinary tract, and hearing impairments.
Dissertation
Borg, E. (2007). On Perceived Exertion and its Measurement. [Full info i DiVA, inklusive fulltext i pdf]
For reference:
Borg, G. (1962). Physical Performance and Perceived Exertion. Lund: CWK Gleerup. [Full-text, scanned PDF]
Published Articles
Griep, M., Borg, E., Collys, K, & Massart, D.L. (1998). Category Ratio Scales as an Alternative to Magnitude Matching for Age-Related Taste and Odour Perception, Food Quality and Preference, 9, 67-72. www.ingentaconnect.com
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (2001). A new generation of scaling methods: Level-anchored ratio scaling. Psychologica, 28, 15-45. [Full-text, PDF, with kind permission from Psychologica.]
Borg, E., & Borg, G. (2002). A comparison of AME and CR100 for scaling perceived exertion. Acta Psychologica, 109, 157-175. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Borg, E., & Kaijser, L. (2006). A comparison between three rating scales for perceived exertion and two different work tests. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 16: 57-69. www.blackwell-synergy.com
Borg, E., & Westerlund, J. (2006). Statistik för beteendevetare. Stockholm, Sverige: Liber Förlag. www.liber.se
Borg, E., Borg, G., Larsson, K., Letzter, M., & Sundblad, B-M. (2009). An index for breathlessness and leg fatigue. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00985.x www3.interscience.wiley.com
Find Borg's abstracts in the Annual Report database.
Reports and Proceedings
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1987). The need of an additional constant in the psychophysical function for taste perception. Reports from the Department of Psychology, Stockholm university, No 668.
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1990). Psychophysical judgement of size andtheir use to test rating behaviour. Reports from the Department of Psychology, Stockholm university, No. 717.
Borg, G:, & Borg, E. (1991). A general psychophysical scale of blackness and its possibilities as a test of rating behaviour. Reports from theDepartment of Psychology, Stockholm university, No. 737.
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1992). Intelligence and rating behaviour in a psychophysical study of size. Reports from the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, No. 758
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1993). A fine-graded category-ratio scale. In: A. Garriga-Trillo, P.R. Minon, C, García-Gallege, P. Lublin, J.M. Merino, & A. Villarino (Eds.), Fechner Day 93. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics (pp. 55-58). Madrid: UNED, Spain.
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1993). On the effect of intelligence on psychophysical measurements. In: A. Garriga-Trillo, P.R. Minon, C, García-Gallege, P. Lublin, J.M. Merino, & A. Villarino (Eds.), Fechner Day 93. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics (pp. 59-64). Madrid: UNED, Spain.
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1994). Principles and experiments in Category-Ratio scaling. Reports from the Department of Psychology, Stockholm university, No.789.
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1995), Level Anchored Ratio Scales (“LARS”). Presented at Fechner Day 95, the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics (poster).
Neely, G, & Borg, E. (1995). Properties of a Category Ratio scale (CR10) and the Visual Analogue scale (VAS): A comparison with Magnitude Estimation, Line Production, and Category Scaling. Reports from the Department of Psychology, Stockholm university, No.791. Also in: G.W. Neely (Ed) (1995), Category-Ratio Scaling of Sensory Magnitude in Comparison with Other Methods, Doctoral Dissertation.
Borg, G., Olsson, M.J., Borg, E., & Neely, G. (1996). LIME - Level-anchored Intersubjective ME. In: S. C. Masin, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua (Ed.), Fechner Day 96. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics (pp 215-220). Padua: CLEUP, Italy.
Borg, E., & Borg, G. (1998). Absolute ME compared with Natural CR scaling. In: S. Grondin and Y. Lacouture (Eds.), Fechner Day 98. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics (199-204). Québec, Canada: The International Society for Psychophysics.
Borg, G., & Borg, E. (1998). Natural Level Identification – Category-Ratio Scaling and the centiMax (cM) Scale. In: S. Grondin and Y. Lacouture (Eds.), Fechner Day 98. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics (205-209). Québec, Canada: The International Society for Psychophysics.
