General recognition theory extended to include response times: Predictions for a class of parallel systems

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 476-494

  Townsend, James T ^a   Houpt, Joseph W ^b   Silbert, Noah H ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive architecture; General recognition theory; Linear stochastic systems; Parallel processing; Perceptual independence; Perceptual separability; Response times

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875621721     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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