A Diffusion Model Account of the Lexical Decision Task

Psychological Review

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-182

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   McKoon, Gail ^a   Gomez, Pablo ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b De Paul University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0742288842     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.111.1.159     Document Type: Article

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