##  [Hick's Law](/index.php/hicks-law) 

  ##  [Hick's Law](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/hicks-law-0) 

  

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Definition

An empirical relation in human information processing stating that choice reaction time increases approximately with the logarithm of the number of equally probable alternatives; commonly expressed as T = a + b log2(n + 1), where T is decision time, n the number of choices, and a,b are empirically determined constants.