What can the diffusion model tell us about prospective memory

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Horn, Sebastian S ^b   Bayen, Ute J ^b   Smith, Rebekah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Monitoring and attentional resources; Prospective memory; Response time models

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79954521957     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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