Response-time dynamics: Evidence for linear and low-dimensional nonlinear structure in human choice sequences

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 805-840

  Kelly, Alice ^a   Heathcote, Andrew ^a   Heath, Richard ^a   Longstaff, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 3943051569     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755987     Document Type: Article

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