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Error and correct response times were calculated for a serial choice task with two, four, and eight alternatives over five sessions practice. Error RTs were faster than corresponding correct RTs and varied in the same way as the correct RTs with different numbers of alternatives and degree of practice. Error RT were analyzed in detail according to sequential transitions. Eighty-five per cent of errors directly following errors were attempts at error correction. These results are discussed in terms of serial classification and statistical decision models.
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This research was supported by a Science Research Council contract “On the Acquisition of High Speed Sk ills.”
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Hale, D. The relation of correct and error responses in a serial choice reaction task. Psychon Sci 13, 299–300 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342595
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