The flexibility of models of recognition memory: An analysis by the minimum-description length principle

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 430-450

  Klauer, Karl Christoph ^a   Kellen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fisher information approximation; Minimum description length; Normalized maximum likelihood; Recognition memory; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755197153     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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