INFORMATION THEORY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: UNCERTAINTY AS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE IN INFORMATION-PROCESSING TASKS.

Abstract

Three studies were performed to investigate the relationship between (a) stimulus uncertainty and simple reaction time (Study I), (b) joint stimulus-response uncertainty and choice reaction time (Study II) and (c) uncertainty in a complex information transformation task and reaction time (Study III). A linear relationship was found in each case. Further, the mean reaction time for performing the transformation task could be predicted remarkedly well using the rate of information transmission obtained in the choice reaction time task. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0423557

Entities

People

  • Karl L. Wiegand

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Human Behavior
  • Information Processing
  • Information Theory
  • Motor Skills
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Reaction Time
  • Signal Processing
  • Uncertainty

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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