A test of Bayesian observer models of processing in the Eriksen flanker task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 489-497

  White, Corey N ^a   Brown, Scott ^b   Ratcliff, Roger ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion models; Flanker task; Optimal Bayesian models; Response time distribution; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84865313241     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026065     Document Type: Article

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