Bayesian analysis of recognition memory: The case of the list-length effect

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-376

  Dennis, Simon ^a   Lee, Michael D ^b   Kinnell, Angela ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Context noise models; Item noise models; List length effect; Recognition memory; Signal detection theory; Word frequency effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849088636     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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