The effects of aging on the speed-accuracy compromise: Boundary optimality in the diffusion model

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-390

  Starns, Jeffrey J ^a   Ratcliff, Roger ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging effects; Conservativeness of older adults; Diffusion model; Optimality analyses

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION THEORY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; REWARD;

ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION THEORY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

EID: 77954011615     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018022     Document Type: Article

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