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Category: Signal Detection

A detection model of college withdrawal

January 1, 2011 Timothy J. Pleskac, Jessica Keeney, Stephanie M. Merritt, Neal Schmitt, and Frederick L. Oswald

Many students during their college careers consider withdrawing from their respective college or university. Understanding why some students decide to…

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Posted in: Decision Making, Real World Scenario, Signal Detection, Student Withdrawal Filed under: publication

Two-stage dynamic signal detection: A theory of choice, decision time, and confidence

January 1, 2010 Timothy J. Pleskac, and Jerome R. Busemeyer

The 3 most often-used performance measures in the cognitive and decision sciences are choice, response or decision time, and confidence.…

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Posted in: Confidence, Decision Time, Evidence Accumulation, Preferential Choice, Signal Detection Filed under: publication

A signal detection analysis of the recognition heuristic

January 1, 2007 Timothy J. Pleskac

The recognition heuristic uses a recognition decision to make an inference about an unknown variable in the world. Theories of…

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Posted in: Choice Environment, Recognition, Signal Detection, Similarity Filed under: publication

Lab News

  • Dr. Pleskac to join panel discussion on Mapping Behavior Around the Virus: Behavioral Scientists Examine Activity Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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  • Dr. Pleskac to give a talk at the Science Matters Brown Bag Lunch and Learn: Tools for Thinking about Risk During the Pandemic
  • Dr. Pleskac joins Living Lab Radio for podcast on Taming Uncertainty
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