Differentiation and Response Bias in Episodic Memory: Evidence From Reaction Time Distributions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 484-499

  Criss, Amy H ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion model; episodic memory; memory models; reaction time distributions; recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77649195695     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018435     Document Type: Article

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