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Forty-eight Ss participated in an experiment designed to test the effects of stimulus uncertainty on reaction time (RT). The results were interpreted as supporting the notion of increasing RT as a function of monitoring difficulty, rather than stimulus uncertainty.
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Tolin, P. The influence of stimulus uncertainty in a reaction time situation. Psychon Sci 6, 473–474 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328097
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