title: Receiver operating characteristics in the lexical decision task: evidence for a simple signal-detection process simulated by the multiple read-out model.
abstract: This study provides further evidence for the hypothesis that performance in the lexical decision task is based on the output of a signal detection mechanism, as implemented by the multiple read-out model of word recognition (MROM; J. Grainger & A. M. Jacobs, 1996). We extend the MROM to allow predictions of receiver operating characteristics in a data-limited variant of the lexical decision task and show that the model provides accurate descriptions of the data. Our results challenge all models of word recognition that do not include a familiarity assessment mechanism. They also suggest that under data-limited conditions a deadline mechanism for generating "no" responses in the lexical decision task may not necessarily be functional.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany. Arthur.Jacobs@ku-eichstaett.de
authors.forename: Arthur M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinder
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D019370:Observation; D012372:ROC Curve; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological; D014825:Vocabulary