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Five Ss discriminating differences between a fixed standard line length and five comparison line lengths performed under three randomly presented RT deadlines. Analyses of response measures, conditional upon the RT deadline of a preceding trial, showed that on a trial-to-trial basis, S could shift both accuracy and RT performance to meet the demands of a new RT deadline. There was no influence of the RT deadline used on Trial n − 1 on performance on Trial n.
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This research was supported by Grant 214-1804 from the National Research Council of Canada and by Grant 214-7804 from the Division of Science and Engineering, McMaster University.
The author expresses his appreciation of the contributions made to this project by A. D. Tindall, Meri Fish, and D. Ascher.
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Link, S.W. Applying RT deadlines to discrimination reaction time. Psychon Sci 25, 355–358 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335904
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