Interval bias in 2AFC detection tasks: Sorting out the artifacts

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2332-2352

  García Pérez, Miguel A ^a   Alcalá Quintana, Rocío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detection; Interval bias; Order effects; Psychometric function; Psychophysical function; Two alternative forced choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ARTIFACTS; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80155154038     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-011-0167-x     Document Type: Article

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