PROBABILITY DENSITY OF RESPONSE TIMES AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITION

Z. Liu, J. G. Holden and R. A. Serota ()
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Z. Liu: Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0011, U.S.
J. G. Holden: Department of Psychology, CAP Center for Cognition, Action, and Perception, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0376, U.S.
R. A. Serota: Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0011, U.S.

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2016, vol. 19, issue 04n05, 1-17

Abstract: We discuss several markers of the probability densities of response times — specifically those with power-law tails — that allow us to gain insights into neurophysiology of cognition. We argue that combining individual subjects’ data into a single set for a distribution-function analysis allows for a better comparison of a group of interest to a control group. We illustrate our findings using time response trials with dyslexic children.

Keywords: Response time; fat-tail distribution; generalized inverse gamma; lognormal-Pareto; half width; tail exponent; scaling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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