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... filtering , in which certain sorts of outputs seemed to be used preferentially , occurring more frequently than the others . This was because the subject responded by pushing a specific button over and over rather than risk missing a ...
... filtering , in which certain sorts of outputs seemed to be used preferentially , occurring more frequently than the others . This was because the subject responded by pushing a specific button over and over rather than risk missing a ...
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... Filtering adjustment process . Percent queuing 100 80 60 40 20 O T 5 Input in bits per s 10 0-1 0-2 15 Fig . 5-38 Median percent queuing as a function of input rate for the subjects in the O - 1 and O - 2 experiments . ( i ) To detect ...
... Filtering adjustment process . Percent queuing 100 80 60 40 20 O T 5 Input in bits per s 10 0-1 0-2 15 Fig . 5-38 Median percent queuing as a function of input rate for the subjects in the O - 1 and O - 2 experiments . ( i ) To detect ...
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... Filtering adjustment process ( i ) The omission filtering score could not be com- puted for any individual group at input rates at which the group made less than eight omissions ( see page 179 ) . Because there were many such ...
... Filtering adjustment process ( i ) The omission filtering score could not be com- puted for any individual group at input rates at which the group made less than eight omissions ( see page 179 ) . Because there were many such ...
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