Dissociations between reaction times and temporal order judgments: A diffusion model approach

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 394-412

  Miller, Jeff ^a   Schwarz, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensity effects; Mathematical model; Simple reaction time; Statistical decision making; Temporal order judgment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747154378     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.2.394     Document Type: Article

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