Separating sensitivity from response bias: Implications of comparisons of yes-no and forced-choice tests for models and measures of recognition memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-254

  Kroll, Neal E A ^a   Yonelinas, Andrew P ^a   Dobbins, Ian G ^c   Frederick, Christina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEMORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047670476     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.131.2.241     Document Type: Article

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