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“Decisions tend to be more accurate if subjects are given longer exposure to a stimulus (Green and Luce, 1973;Wickelgren, 1977;Gold and Shadlen, 2000;Mateeff et al., 2000)”
From Response of Neurons in the Lateral Intraparietal Area during a Combined Visual Discrimination Reaction Time Task (2002) · cites this paper as Wickelgren, 1977
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“There is often a tradeoff between speed and accuracy: performance improves with slower response times (Wickelgren, 1977).”
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“For instance, time limits for giving a response have been imposed, resulting in experimental conditions from fast to slow (Heitz, 2014;Wickelgren, 1977).”
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“Choices made by animals frequently involve a trade-off between decision speed and decision accuracy (Wickelgren, 1977; Chittka et al., 2009; Heitz and Schall, 2012), with fast decisions tending to be less accurate than slow decisions for a given task condition.”
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“A classic notion in dual-process theories is that the reduction of effort trades off against accuracy (Bogacz et al. 2010; Wickelgren 1977).”
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“Unfortunately, the current design did not enable us to explore the characteristics of these effects in detail, because the current study only examined a single point in the speed-accuracy function (Wickelgren, 1977).”
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“Wickelgren (1977) referred to this as the speed-accuracy tradeoff hypothesis.”
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“In contrast, the SAT procedure permits the assessment of both by computing response functions that model the entire time course of information accrual (Wickelgren, 1977).”
MethodCharacterization of decision commitment rule alterations during an auditory change detection task
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“4,42,43 Both monkeys made two types of errors: (1) choice errors (shifting gaze to a distractor) and (2) timing errors (shifting gaze too early [Accurate condition] or too late [Fast condition]) (Figure 1B).”
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“In contrast to the dual-goal experiments (Locke et al. 1994; Pashler 1994; Schmidt and Dolis 2009; Wickelgren 1977), which are characterized by easy tasks where skills and experience are less important, management is complex, and managerial skills and experience are important determinants of public…”
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“Our model exhibits a form of speed-accuracy tradeoff [28, 5, 6, 4, 23].”
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MethodSpeed-vs-Accuracy Tradeoff in Collective Estimation: An Adaptive Exploration-Exploitation Case
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“Note that this pattern of effects is contrary to the typical speed-accuracy tradeoff (Wickelgren, 1977).”
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“Since the expected speed–accuracy trade-off (Wickelgren, 1977) was indeed present, we corrected LMM analyses of SART error count for RT.”
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“In general, in information processing, a tradeoff relation prevails between speed and accuracy (Wickelgren, 1977).”
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“and therefore with some error, known as the speed-accuracy tradeoff [24].”
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“Systematic experimental work on the phenomenon began in the 1950s and ’60s (for a discussion of this work, see Wickelgren, 1977).”
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“The optional deadline procedure used here is based on the response signal procedure (Schouten & Bekker, 1967), one of a number of techniques used to secure deadline responding in speed of processing research (Wickelgren, 1977).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wickelgren, W. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Oregon (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wickelgren, Wayne A.
- Venue
- Acta Psychologica
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1977-02
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 67-85
- ISSN
- 0001-6918 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1973624057
- Cited by
- 1,304
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 17.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Psychologica (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- speed-accuracy trade-off, reaction time, response deadlines, payoffs, perceptual processing, recognition memory
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