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information entity > theoretical entity > model > computational model > signal detection theory

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signal detection theory  

Definition(s)

  • A mathematical model used to study the performance of recognition memory. In a recognition task, signal detection theory allows the assessment of the ability of subjects to discriminate between old (studied) and new items and the strategy used to make their decision (response bias or response criterion).

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Synonym(s)

  • SDT
  • signal detection model

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Banks, W. P. (1970). Signal detection theory and human memory. Psychological Bulletin, 74(2), 81-99. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0029531

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Besson, G., Ceccaldi, M., & Barbeau, E. J. (2013). L’évaluation des processus de la mémoire de reconnaissance. Revue de Neuropsychologie, 4(4), 242–254. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2012.0238

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Cohen, A. L., Starns, J. J., & Rotello, C. M. (2021). sdtlu: An R package for the signal detection analysis of eyewitness lineup data. Behavior Research Methods, 53(1), 278–300. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01402-7

    [Study type: software description / Access: open]
  • • Egan, J. P. (1958). Recognition memory and the operating characteristic (Technical Note AFCRC-TN-58-51). Indiana University Hearing and Communication Laboratory.

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Green, D. M. & Swets, J. A. (1966). Signal detection theory and psychophysics. Wiley.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Kellen, D., Winiger, S., Dunn, J. C., & Singmann, H. (2021). Testing the foundations of signal detection theory in recognition memory. Psychological Review, 128(6), 1022-1050. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000288

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Lee, J., & Penrod, S. D. (2019). New signal detection theory-based framework for eyewitness performance in lineups. Law and Human Behavior, 43(5), 436–454. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000343

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Rotello, C. M. (2017). Signal detection theories of recognition memory. In J. T. Wixted (Ed.), Learning and Memory : A Comprehensive Reference (pp. 201‑225). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.21044-4

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  • • Wixted, J. T. (2007). Dual-process theory and signal-detection theory of recognition memory. Psychological Review, 114(1), 152‑176. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.114.1.152

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  • • Wixted, J. T. (2020). The forgotten history of signal detection theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46(2), 201–233. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000732

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  • • Wixted, J. T., & Mickes, L. (2014). A signal-detection-based diagnostic-feature-detection model of eyewitness identification. Psychological Review, 121(2), 262–276. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035940

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  • • Wixted, J. T., & Roediger III, H. L. (2023). Signal detection theory and eyewitness identification. In R. H. Logie, Z. Wen, S. E. Gathercole, N. Cowan, & R. W. Engle (Eds.), Memory in science for society: There is nothing as practical as a good theory (pp. 63–92). Oxford University Press.

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Dataset citation(s)

  • • Singmann, H., Kellen, D., Winiger, S., & Dunn, J. C. (2020, December 22). Testing the Foundations of Signal Detection Theory in Recognition Memory. https://osf.io/zw9yr/

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