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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Perception and Cognition

Background:

  • The cognition of randomness involves both perceptual and conceptual understanding.
  • Individuals may discern randomness without accurately identifying it.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the ability to distinguish random from non-random stimuli with the accuracy of labeling stimuli as random.
  • To test the encoding hypothesis, which posits that stimulus labeling as random correlates with cognitive encoding difficulty.

Main Methods:

  • A series of experiments were conducted.
  • Participants' ability to discriminate between random and non-random stimuli was assessed.
  • The accuracy of labeling stimuli as "random" was measured.
  • The encoding hypothesis was evaluated by correlating stimulus labeling probability with encoding difficulty.

Main Results:

  • The ability to distinguish random from non-random stimuli was found to be superior to the accuracy of labeling them.
  • For at least one class of stimuli, encoding difficulty did not predict the probability of being labeled random.

Conclusions:

  • Human perception of randomness shows a dissociation between discrimination and identification.
  • Evidence suggests that the encoding hypothesis may not fully explain the cognition of randomness.