Human sensitivity to variability information in detection decisions

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-105

  Montgomery, DeMaris A ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0032936790     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779577246     Document Type: Article

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