A BIASED RANDOM-WALK MODEL FOR 2 CHOICE REACTION-TIMES
A BIASED RANDOM-WALK MODEL FOR 2 CHOICE REACTION-TIMES
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2496(83)90011-1
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
ASHBY, FG
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作者:
ASHBY, FG
Stone''s random walk model of 2 choice response times (RT) based on the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) is generalized and predicts equal correct and incorrect RT to the same response. The generalized version allows a bias of the type found in signal detection theory to enter directly into the accumulation process so that ambivalent evidence may be seen as slightly favoring 1 alternative. The resulting biased SPRT model can predict any relation between correct and incorrect mean RT. Unlike the special symmetric case of Link and Health''s relative judgment theory (RJT), the biased SPRT model can predict that correct mean RT are faster for 1 response but slower for the other. The biased SPRT model, the classical SPRT model and the symmetric RJT model are all fit to the data of an RT deadline experiment [using human subjects] reported by Green and Luce. Of the 3, the biased SPRT model provides the best account. A method for incorporating the same sort of bias into RJT models is sketched out.