The Influence of the Number of Alternatives on the Perceptual Recognition Threshold
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- 1 March 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 14 (1) , 52-55
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17470216208416510
Abstract
A study of the recognition thresholds for nonsense syllables previously presented in lists containing from 2 to 15 syllables is reported. The threshold is found to increase in proportion to the logarithm of the number of alternatives (i.e. the length of the list from which a given test syllable is drawn). It is therefore concluded that recognition threshold is a function of the amount of information transmitted.Keywords
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