On the stability of instability: Optimising the reliability of intra-subject variability of reaction times

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-153

  Saville, Christopher W N ^a,b   Pawling, Ralph ^a   Trullinger, Mark ^a   Daley, David ^c   Intriligator, James ^a   Klein, Christoph ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ex Gaussian; LATER; Reaction time variability; Reaction times; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955636577     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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