Hick-Hyman Law



Hick-Hyman: Reaction time is inversely proportional to response time.

  1. people with absolute pitch respond faster in identifying white keys compared with back keys
    (Miyazaki, 1989)

  2. response times for AP-possessors correlates inversely with frequency of occurrence of pitches -- according to Hick-Hyman
    (Simpson & Huron, 1994)