Nice guys finish fast and bad guys finish last: Facilitatory vs. inhibitory interaction in parallel systems

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-190

  Eidels, Ami ^a   Houpt, Joseph W ^b   Altieri, Nicholas ^b   Pei, Lei ^b   Townsend, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Interactive; Parallel; Processing; Response time; Survivor interaction contrast

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952814369     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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