Abstract
A modification of an original experiment by E. C. Poulton provided the basis of this experiment. A sine wave generator (WAGE) produced a psychologically unpredictable track which Ss attempted to follow. The length of time Ss could see the track before responding and the frequency (rate) were varied. Generally Ss' performances varied inversely as a function of the rate of information being processed and directly as the length of preview provided.
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