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A simple model for fluctuating interresponse times is developed and studied. It involves a mechanism that generates regularly spaced excitations, each of which can trigger off a response after a random delay. The excitations are not observable, but their periodicity is reflected in a regular patterning of responses. The probability distribution of the time between responses is derived and its properties are analyzed. Several limiting cases are also examined.
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This paper was completed while the writer was a visiting summer scientist at the Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Mass.
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McGill, W.J. Random fluctuations of response rate. Psychometrika 27, 3–17 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289660
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