(2) model yields the following prediction for overall probability correct in the monocular viewing condition independent of response bias:where P,(c) is the observed probability correct for the left eye and P,(c) is the observed probability correct for the right eye.In an attempt to preclude effects of binocular energy summation in favor of what we refer to as information summation, as given in various degrees by the hypotheses above, pilot conditions were run and energy levels selected which insured essentially perfect perception of one or two letters, both for binocular and monocular conditions. where s is the probability that the sample of letters becomes available to S at the end of each time interval At (M is a constant representing the time required to process a single letter) following the offset of the stimulus display. The symbol D stands for the D -I noise letters and the I signal letter present in the stimulus display.This model was employed to make predictions for three underlying hypotheses concerning the summation of information from the separate channels:(a) Complete independence of the separate eye channels. This could follow from two independent processors, one for each eye, or from perfect storage of one eye's input while the central processor works on input from the other eye (as in a strong interpretation of Broadbent's model [1958]). The predicted probability correct for this hypothesis is