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SUBMITTER: Pavao R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4792158 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pavão Rodrigo R Savietto Joice P JP Sato João R JR Xavier Gilberto F GF Helene André F AF
Scientific reports 20160315
According to the Hick's law, reaction times increase linearly with the uncertainty of target stimuli. We tested the generality of this law by measuring reaction times in a human sequence learning protocol involving serial target locations which differed in transition probability and global entropy. Our results showed that sigmoid functions better describe the relationship between reaction times and uncertainty when compared to linear functions. Sequence predictability was estimated by distinct s ...[more]