Prior and present evidence: How prior experience interacts with present information in a perceptual decision making task

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Karim, Muhsin ^a,b   Harris, Justin A ^c   Morley, John W ^d   Breakspear, Michael ^a,b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY EVALUATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY; VIBRATION SENSE; VOLUNTEER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861536030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037580     Document Type: Article

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