Modeling psychophysical data at the population-level: The generalized linear mixed model

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Moscatelli, Alessandro ^a,b,c   Mezzetti, Maura ^d   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed model; Psychophysics; Statistical power; Two level analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870277263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.11.26     Document Type: Article

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