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Cognitive emissions of 1/f noise.
Abstract
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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Metadata
- Authors
- Gilden, D. L.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gilden, David L.
- ORCID
- 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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