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INFORMATION THEORY AND STIMULUS‐INDEPENDENT THOUGHT
Author(s) -
ANTROBUS JOHN S.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1968.tb01157.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stimulus (psychology) , cognition , sensory system , cognitive psychology , audiology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , medicine
The production of stimulus‐independent thought (e.g. fantasy and imagery) was measured as a function of the rate at which information was presented to human subjects. Information in the form of simple tones was presented at rates from 0·2 to 6 bits per sec. The linear regression of reported stimulus‐independent thought on information rate accounted for 83 per cent of the between‐cell variance. The results support a model in which both sensory and memory events are operated on by a common central cognitive unit.