Validating the unequal-variance assumption in recognition memory using response time distributions instead of ROC functions: A diffusion model analysis

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-52

  Starns, Jeffrey J ^a   Ratcliff, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Recognition memory; Unequal variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886710504     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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