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Cognitive emissions of 1/f noise.

Gilden, David L.·2001·Psychological Review

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The residual fluctuations that naturally arise in experimental inquiry are analyzed in terms of their time histories. Although these fluctuations are generally relegated to a statistical purgatory known as unexplained variance, this article shows that they may harbor a long-term memory process known as 1/f noise. This type of noise has been encountered in a number of biological and physical systems and is theorized to be a signature of dynamic complexity. Its presence in psychological data appears to be associated with the most elementary aspect of cognitive process, the formation of representations.

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Authors
Gilden, D. L.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Corresponding author
Gilden, David L.
Venue
Psychological Review
Published
2001
Volume
108
Issue
1
Pages
33-56
ISSN
  • 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1471
OpenAlex
W2096018883
Cited by
516
References
72
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (1 RO1-MH58606-01, R01MH058606)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Cognitive Science and Education Research
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
1/f noise, long-range dependence, mental representation, residual variance, time series analysis, dynamic complexity, cognitive processes, psychological data
MeSH terms
Cognition, Discrimination, Psychological, Humans, Memory, Psychology, Experimental, Reaction Time, Signal Detection, Psychological, Cognitive Science

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