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Humans participated in a signal detection experiment wherein nontransient signals were set up according to three different schedules. For two visual Ss observing responses illuminated a meter for 0.40 sec. Two auditory Ss interrupted silence for 0.40 sec by pressing the observing button. Cumulative observing response curves from these four Ss showed (1) a high degree of control by the schedule of signals and (2) no substantial differences between Ss. This finding is taken to indicate that observing response patterns are not subject to any scanning artifacts unique to visual signal detection experiments.
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1. This research was supported in part by a grant from Eastern Washington State College.
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Cheney, C., Eaton, P. Visual and auditory signal detection. Psychon Sci 10, 301–302 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331530
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