Trial-by-trial updating of an internal reference in discrimination tasks: Evidence from effects of stimulus order and trial sequence

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1819-1841

  Dyjas, Oliver ^a   Bausenhart, Karin M ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Difference limen; Discrimination; Internal reference; Sequential effects; Stimulus order; Time order error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD;

DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84870779662     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-012-0362-4     Document Type: Article

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