Testing the validity of conflict drift-diffusion models for use in estimating cognitive processes: A parameter-recovery study.

ABSTRACT: Researchers and clinicians are interested in estimating individual differences in the ability to process conflicting information. Conflict processing is typically assessed by comparing behavioral measures like RTs or error rates from conflict tasks. However, these measures are hard to interpret because they can be influenced by additional processes like response caution or bias. This limitation can be circumvented by employing cognitive models to decompose behavioral data into components of underlying decision processes, providing better specificity for investigating individual differences. A new class of drift-diffusion models has been developed for conflict tasks, presenting a potential tool to improve analysis of individual differences in conflict processing. However, measures from thes

SUBMITTER: White CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5788738 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature