A comparison of two response time models applied to perceptual matching

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 208-256

  Van Zandt, Trisha ^a,d   Colonius, Hans ^b   Proctor, Robert W ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0034199407     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212980     Document Type: Review

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