Using diffusion models to understand clinical disorders

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-52

  White, Corey N ^a   Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Vasey, Michael W ^a   McKoon, Gail ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Diffusion model; Errors; Lexical decision; Psychopathology; Reaction time; Recognition memory; Sequential sampling models; Two choice tasks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949873461     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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