Hick's law - Mental chronometry

4 important questions on Hick's law - Mental chronometry

What are the 4 different types of tasks?

  1. Simple RT
  2. Recognition or go/no RT
  3. Choice Response Time (CRT)
  4. Discrimination RT

Name one example of a recognition or go/no RT

Subject may have to press the button when a green light appears and not respond when a blue light appears.

Name one example of a Choice Response Time (CRT)

The subject might be asked to press one button if a red light appears and a different button if a yellow light appears
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What does discrimination RT involve?

Comparing pairs of simultaneously presented visual displays and then pressing one of two buttons according to which display appears brighter, longer, heavier, or greater in magnitude on some dimension of interest.

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