On diffusion processes with variable drift rates as models for decision making during learning

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Eckhoff, P ^a   Holmes, P ^a,b   Law, C ^c   Connolly, P M ^c   Gold, J I ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS; DIFFUSION; EDUCATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MULTITASKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

(001) PARAMETER; DECISION PROCESS (DP); DIFFUSION MODELING; DIFFUSION PROCESSES; DRIFT RATES; EVIDENCE ACCUMULATION; LEARNING EFFECTS; POWER LAWS; PSYCHOMETRIC FUNCTIONS; RATE MODELS; SENSORY EVIDENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO (SNR); STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 45749109798     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/1/015006     Document Type: Article

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