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information entity > theoretical entity > scientific model > computational model > signal detection theory

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signal detection theory  

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  • A mathematical model used to study the performance of recognition memory. In a recognition task, signal detection theory allows the assessment of the ability of subjects to discriminate between old (studied) and new items and the strategy used to make their decision (response bias or response criterion).

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  • SDT
  • signal detection model

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Banks, W. P. (1970). Signal detection theory and human memory. Psychological Bulletin, 74(2), 81-99. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0029531

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Besson, G., Ceccaldi, M., & Barbeau, E. J. (2013). L’évaluation des processus de la mémoire de reconnaissance. Revue de Neuropsychologie, 4(4), 242–254. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2012.0238

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Cohen, A. L., Starns, J. J., & Rotello, C. M. (2021). sdtlu: An R package for the signal detection analysis of eyewitness lineup data. Behavior Research Methods, 53(1), 278–300. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01402-7

    • Document type: software description

    • Access: open

  • • Egan, J. P. (1958). Recognition memory and the operating characteristic (Technical Note AFCRC-TN-58-51). Indiana University Hearing and Communication Laboratory.

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Green, D. M. & Swets, J. A. (1966). Signal detection theory and psychophysics. Wiley.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Kellen, D., Winiger, S., Dunn, J. C., & Singmann, H. (2021). Testing the foundations of signal detection theory in recognition memory. Psychological Review, 128(6), 1022-1050. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000288

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Lee, J., & Penrod, S. D. (2019). New signal detection theory-based framework for eyewitness performance in lineups. Law and Human Behavior, 43(5), 436–454. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000343

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Rotello, C. M. (2017). Signal detection theories of recognition memory. In J. T. Wixted (Ed.), Learning and Memory : A Comprehensive Reference (pp. 201‑225). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.21044-4

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Wixted, J. T. (2007). Dual-process theory and signal-detection theory of recognition memory. Psychological Review, 114(1), 152‑176. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.114.1.152

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Wixted, J. T. (2020). The forgotten history of signal detection theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46(2), 201–233. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000732

    • Document type: literature review

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  • • Wixted, J. T., & Mickes, L. (2014). A signal-detection-based diagnostic-feature-detection model of eyewitness identification. Psychological Review, 121(2), 262–276. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035940

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Wixted, J. T., & Roediger III, H. L. (2023). Signal detection theory and eyewitness identification. In R. H. Logie, Z. Wen, S. E. Gathercole, N. Cowan, & R. W. Engle (Eds.), Memory in science for society: There is nothing as practical as a good theory (pp. 63–92). Oxford University Press.

    • Document type: literature review

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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