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English: Data from W. E. Hick (1952) demonstrating Hick's Law by showing the relationship between reaction time and number of response options across two participants (red: data from Hick's experiment 1; and blue: data from Merkel 1885). Data adapted from figure 2 in Hick, W. E. (1952). On the rate of gain of information. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4(1), 11-26.
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Data from W. E. Hick (1952) demonstrating Hick's Law: The relationship between reaction time and number of response options across two participants (red and blue).

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