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Diffusion versus linear ballistic accumulation: different models but the same conclusions about psychological processes?
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Donkin, C and Brown, S and Heathcote, A and Wagenmakers, E-J, Diffusion versus linear ballistic accumulation: different models but the same conclusions about psychological processes?, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 18 pp. 61-69. ISSN 1069-9384 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3758/s13423-010-0022-4
Abstract
Quantitative models for response time and accuracy are increasingly used as tools to draw conclusions about psychological processes. Here we investigate the extent to which these substantive conclusions depend on whether researchers use the Ratcliff diffusion model or the Linear Ballistic Accumulator model. Simulations show that the models agree on the effects of changes in the rate of information accumulation and changes in non-decision time, but that they disagree on the effects of changes in response caution. In fits to empirical data, however, the models tend to agree closely on the effects of an experimental manipulation of response caution. We discuss the implications of these conflicting results, concluding that real manipulations of caution map closely, but not perfectly to response caution in either model. Importantly, we conclude that inferences about psychological processes made from real data are unlikely to depend on the model that is used.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Response time . Reaction time . Mathematical models . Model comparison |
| Research Division: | Psychology |
| Research Group: | Cognitive and computational psychology |
| Research Field: | Decision making |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
| UTAS Author: | Heathcote, A (Professor Andrew Heathcote) |
| ID Code: | 98896 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 94 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2015-03-06 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-31 |
| Downloads: | 254 View Download Statistics |
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