@article{ref1,
title="Perception and identification of random events",
journal="Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance",
year="2014",
author="Zhao, Jiaying and Hahn, Ulrike and Osherson, Daniel",
volume="40",
number="4",
pages="1358-1371",
abstract="The cognition of randomness consists of perceptual and conceptual components. One might be able to discriminate random from nonrandom stimuli, yet be unable to identify which is which. In a series of experiments, we compare the ability to distinguish random from nonrandom stimuli to the accuracy with which given stimuli are identified as &quot;random.&quot; In a further experiment, we also evaluate the encoding hypothesis according to which the tendency of a stimulus to be labeled random varies with the cognitive difficulty of encoding it (Falk & Konold, 1997). In our experiments, the ability to distinguish random from nonrandom stimuli is superior to the ability to correctly label them. Moreover, for at least 1 class of stimuli, difficulty of encoding fails to predict the probability of being labeled random, providing evidence against the encoding hypothesis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-1523",
doi="10.1037/a0036816",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036816"
}