Reaction times as a measure of uncertainty.
In this article, a method is presented to analyse relationships between detection or discrimination frequencies and reaction times in psychophysical tasks. It is shown in three empirical data sets that reaction time decreases as a linear function of the absolute value of the logit transforms of the response probabilities. Such a function stresses the characteristic uncertainty associated with subjects' responses and the relation between their response parameters and the response criterion used by the subjects.
Bonnet
Claude
C
Université Louis Pasteur.
Fauquet Ars
Jordi
J
Estaún Ferrer
Santiago
S
D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D011601:Psychophysics; D011930:Reaction Time; D012938:Social Perception