ROC Curves and Confidence Judgments in Recognition Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 582-600

  Van Zandt, Trisha ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0034183415     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.3.582     Document Type: Article

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