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Ss ranked the sizes of squares presented, by the method of single stimuli, in sets with skewed spacings of sizes. Thurstone discriminability (the d’ of signal detection) improved when Ss were told the correct rank after each response. The effect of this informational feedback upon the mean ranking of each size is accounted for by a simple decrease in the weighting parameter of the range-frequency model.
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Supported in part by an NSF Fellowship to the first author and in part by NIH Grant HD-00923 to the second author, with the computing assistance of the UCLA Campus Computing Network.
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Tabachnick, B., Parducci, A. Improved recognition with feedback: Discriminatety and range-frequency effects. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 56–58 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333339
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