The introduction to the special issue on "RT(N) = a + b N-c: The power law of learning 25 years later"

eng TQMP Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology 1913-4126 2006-09-01 2 2 38 42 article The introduction to the special issue on "RT(N) = a + b N-c: The power law of learning 25 years later" Guy L. Lacroix gll@carleton.ca 1 Denis Cousineau denis.cousineau@umontreal.ca 2 Carleton University Université de Montréal This special issue of Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology presents four papers on the Power Law of Learning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of A. Newell and P. Rosenbloom’s (1981) seminal paper “Mechanism of Skill Acquisition and the Law of Practice”. This introduction highlights the main points of Newell and Rosenbloom’s work and then presents the contributors’ articles. http://www.tqmp.org/Content/vol02-2/p038/p038.pdf Editorial power law