From Poisson shot noise to the integrated Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process: Neurally principled models of information accumulation in decision-making and response time

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-283

  Smith, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accumulator model; Decision making; Diffusion process; Ornstein Uhlenbeck process; Response time; Shot noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949874287     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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