Drawing conclusions from choice response time models: A tutorial using the linear ballistic accumulator

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-151

  Donkin, Chris ^a   Brown, Scott ^b   Heathcote, Andrew ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence accumulator models; Linear ballistic accumulator model; Response time models; Tutorial

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952815474     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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