An analysis of signal detection and threshold models of source memory.
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- Vol. 26 (6) , 1499-1517
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-7393.26.6.1499
Abstract
The authors analyzed source memory performance with an unequal-variance signal detection theory model and compared the findings with extant threshold (multinomial and dual-process) models. In 3 experiments, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses of source discrimination revealed curvilinear functions, supporting the relative superiority of a continuous signal detection model when compared with a threshold model. This result has implications for both multinomial and dual-process models, both of which assume linear ROCs in their description of source memory performance.Keywords
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