LNR: The Log-Normal Race Model

In EMC2: Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Cognitive Models of Choice

The Log-Normal Race Model

Description

Model file to estimate the Log-Normal Race Model (LNR) in EMC2.

Usage

LNR()

Details

Model files are almost exclusively used in design().

Default values are used for all parameters that are not explicitly listed in the formula argument of design().They can also be accessed with LNR()$p_types.

Parameter	Transform	Natural scale	Default	Mapping	Interpretation
m	-	[-Inf, Inf]	1		Scale parameter
s	log	[0, Inf]	log(1)		Shape parameter
t0	log	[0, Inf]	log(0)		Non-decision time

Because the LNR is a race model, it has one accumulator per response option. EMC2 automatically constructs a factor representing the accumulators lR (i.e., the latent response) with level names taken from the R column in the data.

In design(), matchfun can be used to automatically create a latent match (lM) factor with levels FALSE (i.e., the stimulus does not match the accumulator) and TRUE (i.e., the stimulus does match the accumulator). This is added internally and can also be used in the model formula, typically for parameters related to the rate of accumulation (see the example below).

Rouder, J. N., Province, J. M., Morey, R. D., Gomez, P., & Heathcote, A. (2015). The lognormal race: A cognitive-process model of choice and latency with desirable psychometric properties. Psychometrika, 80, 491-513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-013-9396-3

Value

A model list with all the necessary functions for EMC2 to sample

Examples

# When working with lM it is useful to design  an "average and difference"
# contrast matrix, which for binary responses has a simple canonical from:
ADmat <- matrix(c(-1/2,1/2),ncol=1,dimnames=list(NULL,"d"))
# We also define a match function for lM
matchfun=function(d)d$S==d$lR
# We now construct our design, with v ~ lM and the contrast for lM the ADmat.
design_LNRmE <- design(data = forstmann,model=LNR,matchfun=matchfun,
                       formula=list(m~lM + E,s~1,t0~1),
                       contrasts=list(m=list(lM=ADmat)))
# For all parameters that are not defined in the formula, default values are assumed
# (see Table above).

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