A Bayesian hierarchical diffusion model decomposition of performance in approach–Avoidance tasks

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1424-1444

  Krypotos, Angelos Miltiadis ^a   Beckers, Tom ^a,b   Kindt, Merel ^a   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action tendencies; Emotion; Individual differences; Latent psychological processes; Psychopathology; Response time task

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPROACH AVOIDANCE TASK; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL DIFFUSION MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; INDIVIDUALITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BAYES THEOREM; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84949979241     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.985635     Document Type: Article

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