Constant versus variable response signal delays in speed-accuracy trade-offs: Effects of advance preparation for processing time

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 878-886

  Miller, Jeff ^a   Sproesser, Gudrun ^b   Ulrich, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 49049084287     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PP.70.5.878     Document Type: Article

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