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21. Signal Detection Theory and Roc Analysis in Psychology and Diagnostics

    Collected Papers

    By John A. Swets

    Series: Scientific Psychology Series

    Signal detection theory--as developed in electrical engineering and based on statistical decision theory--was first applied to human sensory discrimination 40 years ago. The theoretical intent was to provide a valid model of the discrimination process; the methodological intent was to provide...

    Published April 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
22. Multidimensional Models of Perception and Cognition

    Edited by F. Gregory Ashby

    Series: Scientific Psychology Series

    The mental representations of perceptual and cognitive stimuli vary on many dimensions. In addition, because of quantal fluctuations in the stimulus, spontaneous neural activity, and fluctuations in arousal and attentiveness, mental events are characterized by an inherent variability. During the...

    Published June 30th 1992 by Psychology Press
23. The Swimmer

    An Integrated Computational Model of A Perceptual-motor System

    By William R. Uttal, Gary Bradshaw, Sriram Dayanand, Robb Lovell, Thomas Shepherd

    Series: Scientific Psychology Series

    This research monograph describes a large programming project in which an underwater organism, capable of perceiving, learning, deciding, and navigating, is computationally simulated. The developed computational model serves as a contemporary theory of perceptual-motor performance, embodying much...

    Published April 30th 1992 by Psychology Press
24. Cognition, Information Processing, and Psychophysics

    Basic Issues

    Edited by Hans-Georg Geissler, Stephen W. Link, James T. Townsend

    Series: Scientific Psychology Series

    The plan for this volume emerged during the international Leipzig conference commemorating the centenary of the death of Gustav Fechner. The contributors suggested that while many features of modern psychological theory were anticipated by Fechner, many new theoretical approaches owe much more to...

    Published January 31st 1992 by Psychology Press
25. The Wave Theory of Difference and Similarity

    By Stephen W. Link

    Series: Scientific Psychology Series

    Two experimental procedures have prompted the empirical development of psychophysical models: those that measure response frequency, often referred to as response probability; and those that measure response time, sometimes referred to as reaction time. The history of psychophysics is filled with...

    Published December 31st 1991 by Psychology Press