A random walk model of digit comparison

DOI10.1016/0022-2496(89)90027-8MaRDI QIDQ1117869zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Steven E. Poltrock

Publication date 1989

Published in Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2496(89)90027-8

zbMATH Keywords

comparisons of values on perceptual dimensionsdigit comparisonsdistance effectsmemoryprobability of errorrandom walk modelresponse time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical psychology (91E99)

Review text

To choose the greater of two digits, information in memory about the digit values must be compared. Like comparisons of values on perceptual dimensions, the response time and the probability of error for digit comparisons increase as the difference in the digit values decreases. A random walk model of the comparison process explains these distance effects. Six subjects participated in three experiments to test the model. The model accounted for general features of the relationship between speed, accuracy, and the digit values, as well as the effects of response time deadlines. Modifications to the model are considered to account for the observed dependence of response biases on stimulus values.

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