Applying RT deadlines to discrimination reaction time

Five Ss discriminating differences between a fixed standard line length and five comparison line lengths performed under three randomly presented RT deadlines. Analyses of response measures, conditional upon the RT deadline of a preceding trial, showed that on a trial-to-trial basis, S could shift both accuracy and RT performance to meet the demands of a new RT deadline. There was no influence of the RT deadline used on Trial n − 1 on performance on Trial n.