Modeling Aging Effects on Two-Choice Tasks: Response Signal and Response Time Data

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 900-916

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging effects; diffusion model; response signal procedure; response time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749108857     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013930     Document Type: Article

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