Combining speed and accuracy in cognitive psychology: Is the inverse efficiency score (IES) a better dependent variable than the mean reaction time (RT) and the percentage of errors (PE)?

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Bruyer, Raymond ^a   Brysbaert, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 79951845614     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-51-1-5     Document Type: Article

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