REPETITION AND PROBABILITY EFFECTS IN A SERIAL CHOICE REACTION TASK

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HALE, DJ
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[1] Applied Psychology Department, University of Aston, Birmingham, England
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10.1016/0001-6918(69)90011-0
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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Each of five subjects in one of three groups performed 5,000 reactions on either a 2, 4 or 8 choice serial choice reaction task. Reaction time (RT) and errors were analysed for four sequence positions - runs, alternations, rank alternations and intervals. The usual repetition effect occurred at all choice levels and as repeated RT decreased during a run so did the RT from the following alternation. There was a smaller probability estimation effect with the interval analysis and a very slight effect for rank alternations. The results demonstrate the simultaneous and interdependent operation of repetition and probability mechanisms. © 1969.
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