TY - JOUR AU - Ashby, W., Ross AB - Abstract This paper attempts to explore and justify the method used in determining a numerical estimate for the amount of information-processing in an everyday human Action. Each component and reasonably independent step in the coordinated and successful fulfillment of such a human Action is assigned a certain amount of information and thus the whole Action is given a quantitative transmission value. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes The author is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana. © 1968 American Institute of Biological Sciences TI - Information Processing in Everyday Human Activity JO - BioScience DO - 10.2307/1294248 DA - 1968-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/information-processing-in-everyday-human-activity-lSLhRQTcur SP - 190 EP - 192 VL - 18 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -