Redundancy in Non-sequential Patterns

Abstract

Recognition, discrimination and delayed discrimination tasks were carried out with selections of composite visual patterns, ordered in terms of a generalized measure of redundancy based upon transmission between determinates under four determinables. Results in the recognition experiment showed a significant relationship with redundancy and there was indication of a similar effect in delayed discrimination. Redundancy levels, however, appeared irrelevant to simultaneous discrimination, where each response could be made discretely without reference to the structure of the selection as a whole.

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