Exploring the shape of signal-detection distributions in individual recognition ROC data

Publication date: February 2019Source: Journal of Memory and Language, Volume 104Author(s): Simone Malejka, Arndt BröderAbstractThe question of whether recognition performance should be analyzed assuming continuous memory strength or discrete memory states has been bothering researchers for decades. Continuous-strength models (signal-detection theory) assume that memory strength varies according to Gaussian distributions, leading to graded memory-strength values. In contrast, discrete-state models (threshold theory) are formally equivalent to continuous-strength models with rectangular distributions, giving rise to detection and guessing states. Despite these different core properties, the models fits to empirical data are often highly positively correlated, and the form of empirical rece...

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