Information Input and Response Time
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics
- Vol. 9 (1) , 31-37
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140136608964339
Abstract
A study of the relationship between information input and response times used visually presented, discrete symbols from six alphabets of up to 1000 alternatives and a key-pres3ing response. It was found that RT varied directly with information content (log2 n) with no tendency to deviate from a straight line at high levels of n. Three further experiments are suggested.Keywords
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