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Does the speed of information processing within the CNS influence the quantity of information that can be evaluated and, consequently, attentional capacity? Processing speed, as measured by reaction time, was studied intermittently as an indicator of individual differences in mental function in the late nineteenth century, but this line of investigation was essentially abandoned until the 1970s (Vernon, 1987).
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O’Donnell, B.F., Cohen, R.A. (1993). Processing Speed and Attentional Resources. In: The Neuropsychology of Attention. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7463-1_17
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