Modeling simple decisions and applications using a diffusion model

R Ratcliff, P Smith - 2015 - academic.oup.com
The diffusion model is one of the major sequential-sampling models for two-choice decision-
making and choice response time in psychology. The model conceives of decision-making …

An introduction to the diffusion model of decision-making

PL Smith, R Ratcliff - An introduction to model-based cognitive …, 2023 - Springer
The diffusion model assumes that two-choice decisions are made by accumulating
successive samples of noisy evidence to a response criterion. The model has a pair of …

Modeling regularities in response time and accuracy data with the diffusion model

R Ratcliff, PL Smith, G McKoon - Current directions in …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Diffusion models for simple two-choice decision making have achieved prominence in
psychology and neuroscience. The standard model views decision making as a process in …

The diffusion decision model: theory and data for two-choice decision tasks

R Ratcliff, G McKoon - Neural computation, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The diffusion decision model allows detailed explanations of behavior in two-choice
discrimination tasks. In this article, the model is reviewed to show how it translates …

Diffusion decision model: Current issues and history

R Ratcliff, PL Smith, SD Brown, G McKoon - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2016 - cell.com
There is growing interest in diffusion models to represent the cognitive and neural processes
of speeded decision making. Sequential-sampling models like the diffusion model have a …

Time-varying boundaries for diffusion models of decision making and response time

S Zhang, MD Lee, J Vandekerckhove, G Maris… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Diffusion models are widely-used and successful accounts of the time course of two-choice
decision making. Most diffusion models assume constant boundaries, which are the …

[PDF][PDF] Diffusion and random walk processes

PL Smith, R Ratcliff - International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral …, 2015 - u.osu.edu
Diffusion and random walk processes comprise one of the main classes of sequential-
sampling models for decision making and choice response time in psychology. The models …

Diffusion models in experimental psychology

A Voss, M Nagler, V Lerche - Experimental psychology, 2013 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Abstract Stochastic diffusion models (Ratcliff, 1978) can be used to analyze response time
data from binary decision tasks. They provide detailed information about cognitive …

Sequential sampling models with variable boundaries and non-normal noise: A comparison of six models

A Voss, V Lerche, U Mertens, J Voss - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2019 - Springer
One of the most prominent response-time models in cognitive psychology is the diffusion
model, which assumes that decision-making is based on a continuous evidence …

Sequential sampling models in cognitive neuroscience: Advantages, applications, and extensions

BU Forstmann, R Ratcliff… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Sequential sampling models assume that people make speeded decisions by gradually
accumulating noisy information until a threshold of evidence is reached. In cognitive …