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Reading rates and the information rate of a human channel

Bell System Technical Journal, 1957-03, Vol.36 (2), p.497-516 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

1957 The Bell System Technical Journal ;ISSN: 0005-8580 ;EISSN: 2376-7154 ;EISSN: 1538-7305 ;DOI: 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1957.tb02409.x

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  • Title:
    Reading rates and the information rate of a human channel
  • Author: Pierce, J. R. ; Karlin, J. E.
  • Is Part Of: Bell System Technical Journal, 1957-03, Vol.36 (2), p.497-516
  • Description: The limitation on the rate at which information can be transmitted over an ordinary telephone channel is a human one. In this study people read words as fast as they were able to; from these results some deductions are made about the capacity of a human being as an information channel. The discrepancy between human channel capacity measured thus (40-50 bits/sec) and telephone and television channel capacity (about 50,000 bits/sec and 50,000,000 bits/sec respectively) is provocative.
  • Publisher: Oxford, UK: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0005-8580
    EISSN: 2376-7154
    EISSN: 1538-7305
    DOI: 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1957.tb02409.x
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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