Investigating the speed-accuracy trade-off: Better use deadlines or response signals?

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 702-717

  Dambacher, Michael ^a   Hübner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deadline; Flanker task; Response signal; Speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881606857     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0303-0     Document Type: Article

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