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A new paradigm for simple reaction time is described in which signal detection and time production trials are interleaved. A model is proposed which views the signal detection and time production processes as independent and engaged in a race whose outcome determines the observed response latencies. The model also allows the distribution of detection latencies to be extracted from the data.
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Kornblum, S. Simple reaction time as a race between signal detection and time estimation: A paradigm and model. Perception & Psychophysics 13, 108–112 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207243
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207243