Perceptual Discrimination in Static and Dynamic Noise: The Temporal Relation Between Perceptual Encoding and Decision Making

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-94

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Smith, Philip L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

diffusion model; dynamic noise; letter discrimination; perception; static noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76049085360     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018128     Document Type: Article

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