Testing multi-alternative decision models with non-stationary evidence

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Tsetsos, Konstantinos ^a   Usher, Marius ^b,c   McClelland, James L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Inhibition; Leaky integration; Multiple alternatives; Perceptual decisions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; MODEL; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84860363383     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00063     Document Type: Article

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