Connectionist and diffusion models of reaction time

Psychological Review

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-300

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Van Zandt, Trisha ^b   McKoon, Gail ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS;

EID: 0033111505     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.106.2.261     Document Type: Article

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