TY - JOUR
T1 - Multidimensional stimulus identification
AU - Egeth, Howard
AU - Pachella, Robert
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1969/11
Y1 - 1969/11
N2 - In an absolute judgment task, total information transmitted about a set of stimuli increases as the dimensionality of the stimuli is increased. However, as the number of dimensions is increased, information transmitted about each component dimension decreases. Four factors were proposed that might, singly or in combination, account for this decrement: stimulus duration, interdimensional interference, distraction, and response complexity. The results of four experiments established that each of these factors may be operative under appropriate circumstances. It was also concluded that component dimensions were processed simultaneously rather than sequentially. However, the processing was not truly parallel because the input channels were not independent of one another.
AB - In an absolute judgment task, total information transmitted about a set of stimuli increases as the dimensionality of the stimuli is increased. However, as the number of dimensions is increased, information transmitted about each component dimension decreases. Four factors were proposed that might, singly or in combination, account for this decrement: stimulus duration, interdimensional interference, distraction, and response complexity. The results of four experiments established that each of these factors may be operative under appropriate circumstances. It was also concluded that component dimensions were processed simultaneously rather than sequentially. However, the processing was not truly parallel because the input channels were not independent of one another.
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U2 - 10.3758/BF03210654
DO - 10.3758/BF03210654
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84864891732
SN - 0031-5117
VL - 5
SP - 341
EP - 346
JO - Perception & Psychophysics
JF - Perception & Psychophysics
IS - 6
ER -