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Testing the DDM: A Behavioral Experiment to Measure Evidence Accumulation During Decision Making
ECONOMICS Testing the DDM: A Behavioral Experiment to Measure Evidence Accumulation During Decision MakingAUTHORS: Stefan F. Bucher and Paul W. Glimcher OBJECTIVE Drift-diffusion models (DDM) have had empirical success in fitting choice and...
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