What Are the Shapes of Response Time Distributions in Visual Search?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-71

  Palmer, Evan M ^a   Horowitz, Todd S ^a   Torralba, Antonio ^b   Wolfe, Jeremy M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Ex Gaussian; Gamma; Response time distributions; Visual search; Weibull

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951546030     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020747     Document Type: Article

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