Comment on "Exceptions to Hick's Law: Explorations With a Response Duration Measure" (Longstreth, El-Zahhar, & Alcorn, 1985)

Comment on "Exceptions to Hick's Law: Explorations With a Response Duration Measure" (Longstreth, El-Zahhar, & Alcorn, 1985)

Longstreth, El-Zahhar, and Alcorn's (1985) rejection of Hick's law is critically examined and alternative explanations of the available data are considered. An elaboration of Hick's law to include task-dependent search strategies seems able to account for a broader range of data than...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental psychology. General 1987-09, Vol.116 (3), p.312-314
1. Verfasser: Welford, A. T
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Activity levels. Psychomotricity
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Mathematical Modeling
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reaction Time
Response Duration
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Zusammenfassung:Longstreth, El-Zahhar, and Alcorn's (1985) rejection of Hick's law is critically examined and alternative explanations of the available data are considered. An elaboration of Hick's law to include task-dependent search strategies seems able to account for a broader range of data than the Longstreth et al. model. Further study of the determinants of such strategies would be useful.
ISSN:0096-3445
1939-2222
DOI:10.1037/0096-3445.116.3.312