signal detection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignalanddetection
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signal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/us/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/
noticeable ...
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detection
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈtek.ʃən/us/dɪˈtek.ʃən/
the fact of noticing or ...
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Consider, for example, the classicsignaldetectionproblem of discriminating a known signal in the presence of white noise.
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Thesignaldetectionalgorithm identifies subgroups of par ticipants whose childhood stress levels vary along this range.
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Indeed, across all analyses, thesignaldetectionalgorithm made eight significant discriminations between high and lower reactivity groups based on the childhood predictor variables.
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Other process models, such assignaldetectiontheory, multinomial models, and connectionist models, have recently made entries into the social psychological literature as well.
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The discriminability of a juror's information processing can be made more precise in the context of asignaldetectionmodel.
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It is analogous to the d used to measure sensitivity insignaldetection.
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Signaldetectionstatistics were computed as described above.
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To address this concern, we employedsignaldetectionstatistics to further examine the nature of children's emotion understanding per formance.
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Usingsignaldetectiontheory, the disparity threshold was 0.23 pixels.
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Finally, the proposed advantage of burst firing forsignaldetectionconsiders only the signal carried by the firing pattern of the relay cell itself.
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We did not say that the usefulness ofsignaldetectiontheory or the fit ofsignaldetectionmodels supported the metacognitive interpretation.
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We suggest that this difference confers an advantage insignaldetectionduring burst compared to tonic firing.
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Reality testing and auditory hallucinations : asignaldetectionanalysis.
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This complements other reported advantages of burst firing forsignaldetectionseen in signal-to-noise ratios and in the ability to efficiently drive postsynaptic cells.
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