Fatigue-life distributions for reaction time data.

ABSTRACT: The family of fatigue-life distributions is introduced as an alternative model of reaction time data. This family includes the shifted Wald distribution and a shifted version of the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution. Although the former has been proposed as a way to model reaction time data, the latter has not. Hence, we provide theoretical, mathematical and practical arguments in support of the shifted Birnbaum-Saunders as a suitable model of simple reaction times and associated cognitive mechanisms.

SUBMITTER: Tejo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5943209 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature