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Hick's law: a standalone construct

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Human-computer interaction

the regularity that choice reaction time rises with the logarithm of the number of equally likely options.

In human-computer interaction, Hick's law refers to the regularity that choice reaction time rises with the logarithm of the number of equally likely options. This meaning comes from Hick (1952) in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.[1]

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References

  1. Hick, W. E. (1952). On the Rate of Gain of Information. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4(1), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470215208416600

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