Can post-error dynamics explain sequential reaction time patterns?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Goldfarb, Stephanie ^a,b   Wong Lin, Kong Fatt ^c   Schwemmer, Michael ^a   Leonard, Naomi Ehrich ^a,b   Holmes, Philip ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drift diffusion model; Error rate; Perceptual decision making; Post error slowing; Reaction time; Sequential effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867410095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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