References

On the Rate of Gain of Information

W. E. Hick (1952)

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4(1), 11-26.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17470215208416600

Abstract. Hick's original experiment showing that reaction time increases logarithmically with the number of equally probable alternatives: RT = a + b × log2(n). Combined with Hyman's 1953 study, this established the Hick-Hyman Law of choice reaction time.

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