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ROC Analysis of Choice Accuracy in Rats

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Rats’ running latencies were recorded prior to and following decisions in a conditional discrimination in a modified T maze. Postdecisional latencies, by Signal Detection Theory analysis, failed to discriminate correct from incorrect choices (d’ = −.09). Decision latencies, however, yielded d’ =.57, which is significantly greater than zero. Fast choice times were associated with correct responses. The data were interpreted as support for a non-feedback view of postdecision behavior.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74074, USA

    Nancy A. Marlin & Larry Hochhaus

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This research was supported in part by a grant awarded to the second author by the State of Oklahoma. The authors wish to thank Julie Sage-Day for critically reading a draft of this manuscript.

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Marlin, N.A., Hochhaus, L. ROC Analysis of Choice Accuracy in Rats. Psychol Rec 30, 89–93 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03394657

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