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... reaction time studies , which require a subject to make a rapid selection among several alternate input signals . ( b ) Experiments with visual flash displays , which determine the maximum amount of information that a person can respond ...
... reaction time studies , which require a subject to make a rapid selection among several alternate input signals . ( b ) Experiments with visual flash displays , which determine the maximum amount of information that a person can respond ...
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... reaction time showed that the linear relationship between the amount of information in an input signal and the reaction time does not hold for well - practiced , " over- learned " tasks.38 In a situation where a single subject has to ...
... reaction time showed that the linear relationship between the amount of information in an input signal and the reaction time does not hold for well - practiced , " over- learned " tasks.38 In a situation where a single subject has to ...
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... reaction is required for a succeeding reaction determines the temporal sequence of the reactions . But the latter reac- tion does not always occur immediately upon the syn- thesis of the required compound by the first reaction , even in ...
... reaction is required for a succeeding reaction determines the temporal sequence of the reactions . But the latter reac- tion does not always occur immediately upon the syn- thesis of the required compound by the first reaction , even in ...
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