Hierarchical Diffusion Models for Two-Choice Response Times

Psychological Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-62

  Vandekerckhove, Joachim ^a   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^a   Lee, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Hierarchical; Psychometrics; Random effects; Response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952586139     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021765     Document Type: Article

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