Beyond ROC curvature: Strength effects and response time data support continuous-evidence models of recognition memory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-406

  Dube, Chad ^a   Starns, Jeffrey J ^a   Rotello, Caren M ^a   Ratcliff, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Recognition memory; Response times; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865581539     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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