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The Ss engaged in making absolute judgments were gradually forced to increase the speed of their responses. Information transmission decreased linearly as criterion time was decreased from 1.0 sec to 0.4 sec.
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Pachella, R.G., Fisher, D.F. & Karsh, R. Absolute judgments in speeded tasks: Quantification of the trade-off between speed and accuracy. Psychon Sci 12, 225–226 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331282
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