Queueing Network Modeling of Elementary Mental Processes

Psychological Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 116-136

  Liu, Yili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; REACTION TIME;

FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); REACTION TIME;

EID: 0029688030     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.103.1.116     Document Type: Article

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