Developing Bayesian adaptive methods for estimating sensitivity thresholds (d′) in Yes-No and forced-choice tasks

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lesmes, Luis A ^a,b,c   Lu, Zhong Lin ^d   Baek, Jongsoo ^d   Tran, Nina ^d   Dosher, Barbara A ^e   Albright, Thomas D ^c  

^a Amaka Consulting and Evaluation Services   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive psychophysics; cuing; decision criterion; forced choice; rating; signal detection; stimulus placement; Yes No

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992092514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01070     Document Type: Article

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