Decisional separability, model identification, and statistical inference in the general recognition theory framework

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Silbert, Noah H ^a   Thomas, Robin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Math modeling; Perceptual categorization and identification; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873155005     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0329-4     Document Type: Article

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