A crossed random effects diffusion model for speeded semantic categorization decisions

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-282

  Vandekerckhove, Joachim ^a   Verheyen, Steven ^a   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychometrics; Diffusion model; Hierarchical models; Response times; Semantic categorization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS; TIME;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649185314     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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