Evaluating the unequal-variance and dual-process explanations of zROC slopes with response time data and the diffusion model

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-34

  Starns, Jeffrey J ^a   Ratcliff, Roger ^b   McKoon, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual process theory; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC); Recognition memory; Sequential sampling models; Signal detection models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80855138260     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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