A diffusion model account of masking in two-choice letter identification

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-140

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Rouder, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034133961     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.1.127     Document Type: Article

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