Diffusion versus linear ballistic accumulation: Different models but the same conclusions about psychological processes?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-69

  Donkin, Chris ^a   Brown, Scott ^b   Heathcote, Andrew ^b   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Model comparison; Reaction time; Response time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79951852634     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-010-0022-4     Document Type: Article

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