Response time models of delta plots with negative-going slopes

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-574

  Schwarz, Wolf ^a   Miller, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activation suppression model; Delta plot; RT models; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864087655     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0254-6     Document Type: Review

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