Distinguishing bias from sensitivity effects in multialternative detection tasks

Journal of Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Sridharan, Devarajan ^a   Steinmetz, Nicholas A ^a   Moore, Tirin ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Multidimensional models; Nonforced choice; Optimal decision theory; Perceptual decision making; Signal detection theory; Unforced choice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODELS; NONFORCED CHOICE; OPTIMAL DECISION THEORY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTUAL DECISION-MAKING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; STATISTICAL BIAS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNFORCED CHOICE; VISION;

ATTENTION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODELS; NONFORCED CHOICE; OPTIMAL DECISION THEORY; PERCEPTUAL DECISION-MAKING; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; UNFORCED CHOICE;

ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84906354792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/14.9.16     Document Type: Article

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