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Four Ss made judgments about unidimensional visual and auditory stimuli. Stimuli were judged under two levels of stimulus duration—50 msec, or 2 sec, and two conditions of presentation—stimuli presented singly from one modality or simultaneously from both modalities. For both stimulus duration, the amount of transmitted information per modality was less under conditions of simultaneous presentation. Results were discussed in relation to the problem of divisibility of attention.
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This research was supported by the National Research Council of Canada, under Grant No. APT-39 to E. Tulving.
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Lindsay, P.H., Cuddy, L.L. & Tulving, E. Absolute judgments of simultaneously presented visual and auditory stimuli. Psychon Sci 2, 211–212 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03343411
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