Decision criteria do not shift: Commentary on Mueller and Weidemann (2008)

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1022-1030

  Balakrishnan, J D ^a   MacDonald, Justin A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NOTE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149468286     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.5.1022     Document Type: Note

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