Assessing bimodality to detect the presence of a dual cognitive process

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-97

  Freeman, Jonathan B ^a   Dale, Rick ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Dual process models; Mouse tracking; Response distribution; Single process models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALGORITHMS; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84874367149     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0225-x     Document Type: Article

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