QUANTITATIVE SPECIFICATION OF INFORMATION IN SEQUENTIAL PATTERNS

Presents a theory dealing with the specification of the units of information that are independently processed in the human perception of sequential patterns. It implies that sequential patterns, i.e., visual patterns and Letter Series Completion Test items, can be encoded in a formal language. The amount of information that can subsequently be reduced from these formal representations predicts rather successfully the degree of complexity of patterns such as measured in various tasks recording complexity judgments, the number of tachistoscopic presentations required for correct reproduction, fixation times, duration of appearance, stabilized retinal images, and errors in the extrapolation of letter series. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.