Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Rouder, Jeffrey Neil, 1966-"
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An assessment of inhibition in the Simon task
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Different from some other context tasks, the Simon task is featured with a congruency effect decreasing with increasing RT. Ridderinkhof proposed a two route model to account for the negative slope of this congruency effect ... -
A bayesian investigation into inhibition mechanisms of contrast and assimilation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The ability to inhibit distractors within an environment while focusing on specific information is crucial to proper functioning. In most inhibition ... -
Exploring the structure of cognitive processes: discrete and continuous theories of memory and perception
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Cognitive psychologists often debate whether cognitive processes such as recognition memory and visual perception are better described as continuous or discrete. Much of the literature is dominated by continuous latent-strength ... -
Resolving the conflict between the discrete-slots and distributed-resources models of working-memory capacity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)It is generally accepted that Working Memory is limited in capacity. However, there has been substantial debate over whether this limit in capacity is best described as a finite limit on the number of items that can be ... -
Subliminal priming as a task-characteristic artifact
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Demonstrations of subliminal priming rely on a dual task design: A target identification task in which the priming effect is measured, and a prime identification task in which visibility of the primes is assessed. The ...