A Dynamic Stimulus-Driven Model of Signal Detection

Psychological Review

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 583-613

  Turner, Brandon M ^a   Van Zandt, Trisha ^a   Brown, Scott ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive modeling; Dynamic models of information processing; Recognition memory; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECOGNITION;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80755155786     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025191     Document Type: Article

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