Assessing sensitivity in a multidimensional space: Some problems and a definition of a general d′

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 224-238

  Thomas, Robin D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033139151     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212328     Document Type: Article

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