Equating tasks and sustaining attention in children and adults: The methodological and theoretical utility of d′ matching

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 254-263

  Laurie Rose, Cynthia ^a   Bennett Murphy, Laura ^a   Curtindale, Lori M ^a   Granger, Andrea L ^a   Walker, Heidi B ^a  

^a OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21244471148     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206489     Document Type: Review

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