Analysing humanly generated random number sequences: a pattern-based approach.

In a random number generation task, participants are asked to generate a random sequence of numbers, most typically the digits 1 to 9. Such number sequences are not mathematically random, and both extent and type of bias allow one to characterize the brain's "internal random number generat...

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Main Authors: Marc-André Schulz, Barbara Schmalbach, Peter Brugger, Karsten Witt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3402418?pdf=render