Effects of Number of Alternatives on the Psychological Refractory Period
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- 1 May 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 20 (2), 167-178
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14640746808400145
Abstract
The effects of changing the number of choices in the first response on “psychological refractoriness” were found to be partially consistent with intermittency theory but modifications may be needed to explain the results when the number of choices in the second response is increased.Keywords
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