Performance on a 40 min. visual task was studied as a function of signal probability. A separate group was tested at each of five levels of signal probability (0.02, 0.06, 0.18, 0.24 and 0.36). Percent detections increased with signal probability. This increase was accompanied by a rise in the false report rate, and analysis in terms of signal detection theory suggested that signal probability affects the subject's criterion (p) rather than his ability to discriminate (d').
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