Signal Detection: Mechanisms, Models, and Applications Contributor(s): Commons, Michael L. (Editor), Nevin, John A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138876186 ISBN-13: 9781138876187 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Experimental Psychology - Psychology | Physiological Psychology |
Dewey: 152.82 |
Lexile Measure: 1430 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume is based on the 10th annual Harvard Symposium for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior. The first Harvard Symposium was devoted to signal-detection analyses of reinforcement and choice behavior. The present volume reprises the original signal- detection theme, incorporating additional insights based on experimental and theoretical analyses undertaken during the years separating the two conferences. This collection illustrates how signal-detection theory, first advanced to account for performance in threshold-level sensory discrimination, has broadened to encompass a variety of psychological problems involving discriminations between confusable stimuli. The approach is quantitative in its emphasis on estimation of independent parameters of the discrimination process, and analytical in its efforts to separate the determiners of discriminability and bias and to identify the mechanisms of their operation. Above all, the book is broadly integrative in its approach to diverse problems. This volume is based on the 10th annual Harvard Symposium for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior. The first Harvard Symposium was devoted to signal-detection analyses of reinforcement and choice behavior. The present volume reprises the original signal- detection theme, incorporating additional insights based on experimental and theoretical analyses undertaken during the years separating the two conferences. |