On the Rate of Gain of Information

Hick, W. E. (1952). On the Rate of Gain of Information. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4(1), 11-26.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1952

DOI

10.1080/17470215208416600

Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/17470215208416600

Cited from

information_theory

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Primes

• Channel Capacity
  • In cognitive psychology working-memory capacity, Hick's law relating response time to the logarithm of the choice set, and attentional bandwidth are all channel-bound constructs.

    This sourceRelates choice reaction time to the logarithm of the number of alternatives, framing cognition as a limited-capacity information channel.

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