Bayesian parametric estimation of stop-signal reaction time distributions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1047-1073

  Matzke, Dora ^a   Dolan, Conor V ^a   Logan, Gordon D ^b   Brown, Scott D ^c   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Ex Gaussian distribution; Hierarchical; Stop signal paradigm; Stop signal RT distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84887865429     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030543     Document Type: Article

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