Diffusion model review by Ratcliff and McKoon

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2474742/

  • RT < 1.5 seconds
  • 2 choice task
  • single staged

Drift rate variability: The across-trial variability in drift rate is assumed to be normally distributed with standard deviation η.

Starting point variability:  The starting point is assumed to be uniformly distributed with range sz, a   Non decision component var:  nondecision component is assumed to be uniformly distributed with range st.

Fitting methods

at a chi-square method using quantile RTs provided the best balance between accurate recovery of parameter values (with the smallest variability in parameter estimates) and robustness to contaminant RTs (e.g., outlier RTs)

  • chi square error, minimize using SIMPLEX algo