On the mean and variance of response times under the diffusion model with an application to parameter estimation

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-68

  Grasman, Raoul P P P ^a   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^a   van der Maas, Han L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Estimation; Reaction time response time; Response time mean; Response time variance; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949238064     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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