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A response time theory of perceptual independence is developed by incorporating an assumption, called the RT-distance hypothesis, into the framework of general recognition theory (Ashby & Townsend, 1986). The RT-distance hypothesis states that response time is inversely related to the distance from the perceptual representation of a stimulus to the nearest decision bound. Two new experimental paradigms are proposed and response time tests of perceptual independence that utilize these paradigms are developed. An empirical application validates one of these tests. Methods for examining aspects of the underlying perceptual distributions are also discussed.
We thank Steven W. Link for this his heplful comments on the manuscript. This research was supported in part by National Foundation Grant BNS88-18403.
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Ashby, F.G., Maddox, W.T. (1991). A Response Time Theory of Perceptual Independence. In: Doignon, JP., Falmagne, JC. (eds) Mathematical Psychology. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9728-1_22
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