Slope of the Receiver-Operating Characteristic in Recognition Memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 500-513

  Glanzer, Murray ^a   Hilford, Andy ^a   Kim, Kisok ^b   Adams, John K ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346942354     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.2.500     Document Type: Article

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