The hare and the tortoise: Emphasizing speed can change the evidence used to make decisions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1226-1243

  Rae, Babette ^a   Heathcote, Andrew ^a   Donkin, Chris ^b   Averell, Lee ^a   Brown, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence accumulation; Response time; Sequential sampling; Speed accuracy tradeoff

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905440934     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036801     Document Type: Article

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