Why do temporal generalization gradients change when people make decisions as quickly as possible?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1646-1664

  Klapproth, Florian ^a   Wearden, John H ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Response time; Speed; Temporal generalization; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79961091152     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.564290     Document Type: Article

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