Bounded Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models for two-choice time controlled tasks

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-333

  Zhang, Jiaxiang ^a,b   Bogacz, Rafal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbing boundaries; Choice; Decision; Ornstein Uhlenbeck model; Reflecting boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952424375     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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