Practice increases the efficiency of evidence accumulation in perceptual choice

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-298

  Brown, Scott ^a   Heathcote, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME;

EID: 17744379613     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.2.289     Document Type: Article

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