The distribution of latencies constrains theories of decision time: A test of the random-walk model using numeric comparison

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-156

  Smith, David G ^a   Mewhort, D J K ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032286389     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049539808258791     Document Type: Article

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