Analysis of cognitive function in animals, the value of SDT

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 269-277

  Marston, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Animal; Bias; Cognition; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0029903105     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6410(96)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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