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Stimulus parameters

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Size Spatial frequency Stimulus attenuation Stimulus complexity Stimulus duration Stimulus frequency Stimulus intensity Stimulus intervals Stimulus novelty Stimulus offset Stimulus onset Stimulus salience Stimulus similarity Stimulus variability Temporal frequency This box: view • talk • edit

Stimulus complexity is a stimulus parameter reflecting the complexity of a stimulus. A stimulus pattern for example can be more or less elaborate.

The more complex the stimulus, for example a melody, the more information processing capacity is required to process it and the longer will be the reaction time

See alsoEdit

• Stimulus-sampling theory