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   Signal Detection Theory and ROC Analysis in Psychology and Diagnostics: Collected Papers » Read Now

   by John A. Swets. 314 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
   
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   Signal Detection: Mechanisms, Models, and Applications » Read Now

   by Michael L. Commons, Michael C. Davison, Sheila M. McDonald, John A. Nevin. 290 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
   
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   Detection Theory: A User's Guide » Read Now

   by C. Douglas Creelman, Neil A. MaCmillan. 492 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

   Detection Theory is an introduction to one of the most important tools for analysis of data where choices must be made and performance is not perfect. Originally developed for evaluation of electronic detection, detection theory was adopted by psychologists as a way to understand sensory decision...

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   Detection Theory is an introduction to one of the most important tools for analysis of data where choices must be made and performance is not perfect. Originally developed for evaluation of electronic detection, detection theory was adopted by psychologists as a way to understand sensory decision making, then embraced by students of human memory. This book covers the basic principles of detection theory, with separate chapters on measuring detection and evaluating decision criteria.

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   Psychophysics: The Fundamentals (Chap. 5 "The Theory of Signal Detection") » Read Now

   by George A. Gescheider. 440 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
   
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   Experimental Methods in Psychology (Chap. 8 "Detection, Discrimination, and the Theory of Signal Detection") » Read Now

   by Gustav Levine, Stanley Parkinson. 476 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
   
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   Empirical Direction in Design and Analysis ("Signal Detection Theory" begins on p. 659) » Read Now

   by Norman H. Anderson. 864 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

   The goal of Norman H. Anderson's new book is to help students develop skills of scientific inference. To accomplish this he organized the book around the "Experimental Pyramid"--six levels that represent a hierarchy of considerations in empirical investigation--conceptual framework, phenomena...

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   The goal of Norman H. Anderson's new book is to help students develop skills of scientific inference. To accomplish this he organized the book around the "Experimental Pyramid"--six levels that represent a hierarchy of considerations in empirical investigation--conceptual framework, phenomena, behavior, measurement, design, and statistical inference. To facilitate conceptual and empirical understanding, Anderson de-emphasizes computational formulas and null hypothesis testing. Other features include: *emphasis on visual inspection as a basic skill in experimental analysis to help students develop an intuitive appreciation of data patterns; *exercises that emphasize development of conceptual and empirical application of methods of design and analysis and de-emphasize formulas and calculations; and *heavier emphasis on confidence intervals than significance tests. The book is intended for use in graduate-level experimental design/research methods or statistics courses in psychology, education, and other applied social sciences, as well as a professional resource for active researchers. The first 12 chapters present the core concepts graduate students must understand. The next nine chapters serve as a reference handbook by focusing on specialized topics with a minimum of technicalities.

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   Multidimensional Models of Perception and Cognition (Chap. 8 "Signal Detection Analyses of Dimensional Interactions") » Read Now

   by F. Gregory Ashby. 526 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
   
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   Evolution and the Psychology of Thinking: The Debate (Chap. One "The Allocation System: Using Signal Detection Processes to Regulate Representations in a Multimodular Mind") » Read Now

   by David E. Over. 246 pgs.

   Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

   The field of evolutionary cognitive psychology has stimulated considerable interest and debate among cognitive psychologists and those working in related areas. In this collection, leading experts evaluate the status of this new field, providing a critical analysis of its most controversial...

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   The field of evolutionary cognitive psychology has stimulated considerable interest and debate among cognitive psychologists and those working in related areas. In this collection, leading experts evaluate the status of this new field, providing a critical analysis of its most controversial hypotheses. These hypotheses have far reaching implications for cognition, including a modular view of the mind, which rejects, in its extreme form, any general learning or reasoning abilities. Some evolutionary psychologists have also proposed content-dependent accounts of conditional reasoning and probability judgements, which in turn have significant, and equally controversial, implications about the nature of human reasoning and decision making. The contributions range from those that are highly critical of the hypotheses to those that support and develop them. The result is a uniquely balanced, cutting-edge evaluation of the field that will be of interest to psychologists, philosophers and those in related subjects who wish to find out what evolutionary considerations can, and cannot, tell us about the human mind.

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   Automation Technology and Human Performance: Current Research and Trends ("Using Signal Detection Theory and Bayesian Analysis to Design Parameters for Automated Warning Systems" begins on p. 63) » Read Now

   by Mark W. Scerbo. 348 pgs.

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    Psychophysiology: Human Behavior and Physiological Response ("Vigilance and Signal Detection" begins on p. 65) » Read Now

    by John L. Andreassi. 462 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

    This highly readable and comprehensive overview of psychophysiology provides information regarding the anatomy and physiology of various body systems, methods of recording their activity, and ways in which these measures relate to human behavior. Biofeedback applications are contained in a separate...

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    This highly readable and comprehensive overview of psychophysiology provides information regarding the anatomy and physiology of various body systems, methods of recording their activity, and ways in which these measures relate to human behavior. Biofeedback applications are contained in a separate chapter and discussions of stress management, job strain, and personality factors that affect cardiovascular reactivity are presented. There is much of interest here to the student, researcher, and clinician in behavioral medicine, ergonomics, emotion, cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, and health psychology. Now in its fourth edition, Andreassi's Psychophysiology explores some of the newer areas of importance and updates findings in traditional topics of interest. Significant changes to this edition include: *updated information on brain activity in memory, perception, and intelligence; *new information on brain imaging and behavior; *separate chapters on pupillography and eye movements; *new information on the startle pattern and eyeblink; *separate chapters on clinical and non-clinical applications; *updated information on cardiovascular reactivity and personality; *the latest biofeedback and ergonomics applications; *novel findings in environmental psychophysiology; *brief summaries at the end of each section; and *an appendix on laboratory safety Each chapter is a self-contained unit allowing instructors to customize the presentation of the material. With over 1,700 citations, Andreassi's Psychophysiology is the definitive text in the field. An instructor's manual is now available. Based on the book, the manual is primarily a test bank to be used in giving examinations to students during the teaching of a course. Both multiple-choice and essay questions have been provided, along with lists of key terms and ideas. These can be used for definition-type questions and to highlight important concepts, as well as alerting the instructor to important terms and ideas that they may want to cover in lectures. Sample syllabi are provided for teaching a course at both undergraduate and graduate levels to help the instructor who is preparing a course for the first time. A number of possible laboratory exercises are also provided that can be carried out in conjunction with teaching the course.

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    Aging and Skilled Performance: Advances in Theory and Applications (Chap. 3 "The Use of Signal Detection Theory in Research on Age-Related Differences in Movement Control") » Read Now

    by Arthur D. Fisk, Wendy A. Rogers, Neff Walker. 284 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library