An introduction to the diffusion model of decision making

An Introduction to Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 49-70

  Smith, Philip L ^a   Ratcliff, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice probability; Decision making; Diffusion process; Random walk; Response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944548783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2236-9_3     Document Type: Book

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