Response time distributions in multidimensional perceptual categorization

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 620-637

  Maddox, W Todd ^a,c   Ashby, F Gregory ^b   Gottlob, Lawrence R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032062988     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206050     Document Type: Article

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