Receiver operating characteristics from nonhuman animals: Some implications and directions for research with humans

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-252

  Alsop, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000303524     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212946     Document Type: Article

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