05495nam 2200805Ia 450 991079224920332120230922173003.00-19-802065-11-4237-3742-397866106056821-60129-826-91-280-43985-897866104398500-19-507001-11-280-60568-5(CKB)2560000000299308(EBL)3051923(OCoLC)922952629(SSID)ssj0000308256(PQKBManifestationID)12071605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308256(PQKBWorkID)10251759(PQKB)10109678(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073491(MiAaPQ)EBC3051923(MiAaPQ)EBC5121573(Au-PeEL)EBL3051923(CaPaEBR)ebr10087174(CaONFJC)MIL43985(MiAaPQ)EBC241681(Au-PeEL)EBL241681(OCoLC)181842007(Au-PeEL)EBL5121573(CaONFJC)MIL60568(OCoLC)1027157969(EXLCZ)99256000000029930819920430d1986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierResponse time their role in inferring elementary mental organization /R. Duncan LuceNew EditionNew York Oxford University Press ;Oxford Clarendon Press19861 online resource (579 pages)Oxford psychology series ;no. 80-19-503642-5 0-19-986987-1 Includes bibliography: p. 521-545 and indexes.Contents; 1. Representing Response Times as Random Variables; 1.1. The Study of Response Times; 1.1.1 Why?; 1.1.2 How?; 1.1.3 Organization; 1.2 Random Variables; 1.2.1 Distribution and Density Functions; *1.2.2 A Somewhat More General Treatment of Random Variables; 1.2.3 Hazard Functions; 1.2.4 On Contemplating Distributions; 1.3 Several Random Variables; 1.3.1 Joint and Conditional Distributions; 1.3.2 Bayes' Theorem; 1.3.3 Independence; 1.3.4 Expectation and Variance; 1.3.5 Random Samples; *1.3.6 Random Samples of Random Size; 1.4 Generating Functions; 1.4.1 Convolution1.4.2 The Moment Generating Function; 1.4.3 Three Examples: Exponential, Gaussian, and Ex-Gaussian; 1.4.4 The Characteristic Function; 1.4.5 Cumulants; 1.4.6 Discrete Generating Functions; 1.4.7 Three Examples: Binomial, Poisson, and Geometric; 1.5 Elementary Concepts of Stochastic Processes; 1.5.1 Basic Definitions; 1.5.2 Some Important Constraints; Part I. DETECTION PARADIGMS; 2. Simple Reaction Times: Basic Data; 2.1 The Problem; 2.2 The Simple Reaction-Time Paradigm; 2.3 Effect of Signal Properties on Reaction Time; 2.4 Effect of Foreperiod on Reaction Time; 2.5 Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff2.6 The Response and Reaction Time; 2.7 What Faces a Model Builder?; 3. Decomposition into Decision and Residual Latencies; 3.1 Independent, Additive Stage Latencies; 3.2 Specific Assumptions; 3.3 Manipulation of Stages; 3.4 Conclusions; 4. Distributions of Simple Decision Latencies; 4.1 Empirical Distributions; 4.2 Discrete-Time, Information-Accumulation Detectors; 4.3 Continuous-Time, Information-Accumulation Detectors; 4.4 Race Between Level and Change Detectors; 4.5 Conclusions; 5. Detection of Signals Presented at Irregular Times; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Vigilance at Low Signal Rates5.3 Vigilance at High Signal Rates; 5.4 Interaction of Two Signals in Close Succession; 5.5 Conclusions; Part II. IDENTIFICATION PARADIGMS; 6. Two-Choice Reaction Times: Basic Ideas and Data; 6.1 General Considerations; 6.2 Relations to Simple Reaction Times; 6.3 A Conceptual Scheme for Tradeoffs; 6.4 Discriminability and Accuracy; 6.5 Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff; 6.6 Sequential Effects; 6.7 Conclusions; 7. Mixture Models; 7.1 Two-State Mixtures; 7.2 A Linear Operator Model for Sequential Effects; 7.3 Data With Few Response Errors; 7.4 The Fast Guess Account of Errors7.5 A Three-State, Fast-Guess, Memory Model; 7.6 Data With Response Errors: Highly Discriminable Stimuli; 7.7 Data With Response Errors: Confusable Signals; 7.8 Conclusions; 8. Stochastic Accumulation of Information in Discrete Time; 8.1 Accumulator Models; 8.2 Random Walks With Boundaries; 8.3 Restrictions on the Random Walk Model; 8.4 Modifications of the Random Walk; 8.5 Data; 8.6 Conclusions; 9. Stochastic Accumulation of Information in Continuous Time; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Additive Processes; 9.3 Renewal Processes; 9.4 Conclusions; 10. Absolute Identification of More Than Two Signals; 10.1 Types of Designs with More than Two SignalsThis authoritative volume provides a well balanced and comprehensive treatment of the mathematical theory of human response time and the role it plays in our understanding of the mind's organization.Oxford psychology series ;8.Reaction timeMathematical modelsPsychology, ExperimentalReaction timeMathematical models.Psychology, Experimental.153.4Luce R. Duncan(Robert Duncan)103855MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792249203321Response time3783684UNINA