Individual differences in shifting decision criterion: A recognition memory study

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1016-1030

  Aminoff, Elissa M ^a,b   Clewett, David ^a   Freeman, Scott ^a   Frithsen, Amy ^a   Tipper, Christine ^a   Johnson, Arianne ^a   Grafton, Scott T ^a   Miller, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Individual differences; Memory; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866871946     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0204-6     Document Type: Article

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