signal detection theory

Signal detection theory and its applications: sensitivity (d-prime) and response criterion separation, ROC analysis, detection of weak or uncertain signals in noise, and SDT applied to monitoring, hazard detection, and alarm response. The foundational detection framework, distinct from sustained_attention_vigilance (performance decline over time on watch) and from workload_measurement (quantifying demand); papers whose core contribution is detection-theoretic analysis of human performance.

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  1. A More Parsimonious Approach to Estimating Signal Detection Theory Measures · 2006 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. et al. · indexed
  2. The vigilance decrement: its first 75 years · 2025 · Klein, Raymond M. et al. · archived
  3. Signal detection theory: Considerations for general application. · 1974 · Pastore, R. E. et al. · indexed
  4. Calculation of signal detection theory measures · 1999 · Stanislaw, Harold et al. · archived
  5. Applications of Signal Detection Theory to Geographic Information Science · 2009 · Griffin, Amy L. et al. · indexed
  6. Signal Detection Theory in the Analysis of Human Vigilance · 1967 · Jerison, Harry J. · indexed
  7. Decision interval and signal detectability in a vigilance task. · 1965 · Mackworth, Jane F. · indexed
  8. Effects of varying the threshold of alarm systems and workload on human performance · 2007 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. et al. · indexed
  9. Signal detection theory and generalized linear models. · 1998 · DeCarlo, Lawrence T. · indexed
  10. Information-theoretic signal detection theory. · 2021 · Feldman, Jacob · indexed
  11. Target Probability, Response Demands, and the Vigilance Decrement · 2025 · Skinner, Henri Etel et al. · indexed
  12. Decision theory analysis of response latencies in vigilance. · 1976 · Parasuraman, Raja et al. · indexed
  13. Practice Effects and Signal Detection Indices in an Auditory Vigilance Task · 1969 · Hatfield, Jimmy L. et al. · indexed
  14. d'o: Sensitivity at the optimal criterion location · 2022 · Aujla, Harinder · indexed
  15. The A-B Signal Detection Theory Model · 2019 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. · indexed
  16. Testing the Foundations of Signal Detection Theory in Recognition Memory · 2018 · Kellen, David et al. · indexed
  17. Signal detection theory and psychoacoustics · 2019 · Conroy, Christopher et al. · indexed
  18. A canonical model of signal detection theory · 2009 · Ledberg, Anders et al. · indexed
  19. The Vigilance Decrement is Not Only About Sensitivity · 2023 · Skinner, Henri Etel et al. · indexed
  20. Effects of Signal Probability on Individual Differences in Vigilance · 1998 · Methot, Laura L. et al. · indexed
  21. Robustness of the <i>a b</i> Signal Detection Theory Model of Decision Making · 2007 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. et al. · indexed
  22. An Adaptive Vigilance Task with Knowledge of Results · 1974 · Wiener, Earl L. · archived
  23. “Utilizing” Signal Detection Theory · 2014 · Lynn, Spencer K. et al. · indexed
  24. Adaptive Measurement of Vigilance Decrement · 1973 · Wiener, Earl L. · indexed
  25. Signal probability effects on high-workload vigilance tasks · 1996 · Matthews, Gerald · indexed
  26. Modeling the Vigilance Decrement in a Two-Boundary Signal Detection Task · 2025 · Munoz Gomez Andrade, Fernando et al. · indexed
  27. Factors That Affect Display Size Criteria in a Cockpit Display System · 1978 · Barnes, Michael J. · indexed
  28. Modeling the Vigilance Decrement in a Two-Boundary Signal Detection Task · 2026 · Hankey, Kayla R. et al. · indexed
  29. Modeling the Vigilance Decrement in a Two-Boundary Signal Detection Task · 2026 · Muñoz Gómez Andrade, Fernando et al. · indexed
  30. Signal detection theory and noisy communication · 2006 · Wollerman, Lori · indexed
  31. Using Signal Detection Theory to Better Understand Cognitive Fatigue · 2021 · Wylie, Glenn R. et al. · indexed
  32. Detection of Social Cues: a Signal Detection Theory Analysis · 1978 · Thompson, Suzanne C. · indexed
  33. Sensory Alternation and Performance in a Vigilance Task · 1964 · Gruber, Alin · indexed
  34. Probability of Signal Detection in a Vigilance Task · 1962 · Baker, C. H. · indexed
  35. G8-2 Development of a Vigilance Test for High Mental Workload · 2017 · Huang, Ying-Yin et al. · indexed
  36. Optimal metacognitive decision strategies in Signal Detection Theory · 2023 · Peters, Megan et al. · indexed
  37. The Relevance of Vigilance Research to Aerospace Monitoring Tasks · 1965 · Kibler, Austin W. · indexed
  38. A homily on signal detection theory · 2020 · Green, David M. · indexed
  39. The Generalized Signal Detection Theory · 2013 · Hellman, Johan et al. · indexed
  40. Evoked Potential Correlates of Response Criterion in Auditory Signal Detection · 1972 · Paul, Dina Doré et al. · indexed
  41. Extreme-Value Signal Detection Theory for Recognition Memory: The Parametric Road Not Taken · 2025 · Meyer-Grant, Constantin Gregor et al. · indexed
  42. Processing Demands, Training, and the Vigilance Decrement · 1986 · Williams, Peter S. · indexed
  43. Optimal Metacognitive Decision Strategies in Signal Detection Theory · 2022 · Maniscalco, Brian et al. · indexed
  44. ATTENTION TO VISUAL DISPLAYS DURING A VIGILANCE TASK · 1959 · BAKER, C. H. · indexed
  45. GGSDT: A unified signal detection framework for confidence data analysis · 2022 · Miyoshi, Kiyofumi et al. · indexed
  46. Effect of Task Demands on Elementary Features in Vigilance · 2023 · Lui, Tiffany G. et al. · indexed
  47. Detection-Action Linkage in Vigilance: Effects on Workload and Stress · 2007 · Parsons, Kelley S. et al. · indexed
  48. Adaptive Strategies in Vigilance Research · 1975 · Wiener, Earl L. et al. · indexed
  49. Tactile Vigilance Is Stressful and Demanding · 2020 · DeLucia, Patricia R. et al. · indexed
  50. The Rate of Gain of Perceived Workload in Sustained Attention · 1993 · Dember, William N. et al. · indexed
  51. On the Cost of Detection Response Task Performance on Cognitive Load · 2020 · Biondi, Francesco N. et al. · indexed
  52. A signal detection theory analysis of an unconscious perception effect · 1999 · Haase, Steven J. et al. · indexed
  53. Detection-Response Task—Uses and Limitations · 2018 · Stojmenova, Kristina et al. · indexed
  54. An examination of sustained attention during complex multitasking scenarios · 2025 · Rann, Jonathan C. et al. · archived
  55. Signal detection theory and pain research · 1979 · Jones, Bill · indexed
  56. Psychometric Curves Reveal Three Mechanisms of Vigilance Decrement · 2021 · McCarley, Jason S. et al. · indexed
  57. Challenges to the Mindlessness Model of Vigilance through Signal Regularity · 2003 · Helton, William S. et al. · indexed
  58. Divided attention between simultaneous auditory and visual signals · 1998 · Bonnel, Anne-Marie et al. · archived
  59. Reliable- and unreliable-warning cues in the Sustained Attention to Response Task · 2011 · Helton, William S. et al. · indexed
  60. Can signal detection theory explain everyday amnesia (high confident misses)? · 2022 · Roediger, Henry L. et al. · indexed
  61. Sustained Attention in Auditory and Visual Monitoring Tasks · 2015 · Arrabito, G. Robert et al. · indexed
  62. Processing resource demands of failure detection in dynamic systems. · 1979 · Wickens, C. D. et al. · indexed
  63. Rough Auditory Alarms Mitigate Inattentional Deafness During Piloting-Like Task · 2026 · Riedinger, Florine et al. · indexed
  64. Improving Vigilance Analysis Methodology · 2015 · Gartenberg, Daniel et al. · indexed
  65. Measuring the Workload of Sustained Attention · 2006 · Finomore, Victor S. et al. · indexed
  66. Selection for vigilance assignments: a review and proposed new direction · 2010 · Reinerman-Jones, Lauren et al. · indexed
  67. EVOKED GSR IN A VISUAL AND AN AUDITORY VIGILANCE TASK · 1973 · KATO, Juichi · indexed
  68. Multiple Monitors and Knowledge of Results in Vigilance: The Decrement Still Wins · 1996 · Ceplenski, Peter J. et al. · indexed
  69. Physiological markers of vigilance variation in a supervisory task · 2022 · Maille, Nicolas et al. · archived
  70. Human-Computer Monitoring · 1987 · Parasuraman, Raja · indexed
  71. Performance Sharing in an Audio-Visual Vigilance Task · 1965 · Mcgrath, James J. · indexed
  72. Divergent response-time patterns in vigilance decrement tasks. · 2020 · Rubinstein, Joshua S. · indexed
  73. Real-time performance modelling of a Sustained Attention to Response Task · 2010 · Larue, Grégoire S. et al. · indexed
  74. An Absence of Vigilance Decrement in a Complex Dynamic Task · 1998 · Moray, Neville et al. · indexed
  75. Target Set Size, Time Sharing and Vigilance Performance · 1984 · Hurts, Charles M. et al. · indexed
  76. Performance on a Sustained Attention to Response Task · 2008 · Helton, William S. et al. · indexed
  77. Diagnostic Monitoring Of Vigilance Decrement Using EEG Workload Indices · 2012 · Kamzanova, Altyngul et al. · indexed
  78. Reducing the vigilance decrement: The effects of perceptual variability · 2015 · Thomson, David R. et al. · indexed
  79. The Application of Signal Detection Theory to Acceptability Judgments · 2020 · Huang, Yujing et al. · indexed
  80. Signal and Channel Load in Vigilance Tasks · 1963 · Roby, T. B. et al. · indexed
  81. The WACDT, a modern vigilance task for network defense · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver A. et al. · indexed
  82. Exploring Residual Capacity · 2020 · Rosa, Eduardo et al. · indexed
  83. High Rate of Inattentional Deafness in Simulated Air Traffic Control Tasks · 2015 · Giraudet, Louise et al. · indexed
  84. The role of memory representation in the vigilance decrement · 2004 · Caggiano, Daniel M. et al. · archived
  85. Signal regularity and the mindlessness model of vigilance · 2005 · Helton, William S. et al. · indexed
  86. Examining Methods for Combining Speed and Accuracy in a Go/No-Go Vigilance Task · 2020 · Mueller, Shane T. et al. · indexed
  87. Factors Affecting Radar Operator Efficiency · 1960 · Baker, C. H. · indexed
  88. Selective Attention: Perception or Response? · 1967 · Treisman, Anne · indexed
  89. Threshold Nonlinearities and Signal Detection Theory · 2005 · King-Smith, P Ewen · indexed
  90. Practice Effects on a Visual Vigilance Task with and without Search · 1970 · Colquhoun, W. Peter et al. · indexed
  91. Effects of Task Demands and Age on Vigilance and Subjective Workload · 1988 · Deaton, John E. et al. · indexed
  92. Does the Vigilance Decrement Occur for Elementary Features? · 2018 · DeLucia, Patricia R. et al. · indexed
  93. Measuring Sustained Attention and Perceived Workload · 2017 · Laurie-Rose, Cynthia et al. · indexed
  94. On the Nature of Vigilance · 2017 · Hancock, Peter A. · indexed
  95. Sensory Determinants of Workload and Stress in Sustained Attention · 1999 · Szalma, James L. et al. · indexed
  96. The effect of intermittent noise on vigilance performance · 1987 · Carter, Norman L. et al. · indexed
  97. Effects of state motivation in overload and underload vigilance task scenarios · 2019 · Neigel, Alexis R. et al. · indexed
  98. Reaction-Time Distributions in the Detection of Weak Signals in Noise · 1965 · Carterette, Edward C. et al. · indexed
  99. Effects of Automation Reliability on Human Monitoring Performance · 2003 · Oakley, Brian et al. · indexed
  100. Effects of moderate intensity noise on the Bakan vigilance task. · 1979 · Jones, Dylan M. et al. · indexed
  101. The effects of noise on a cognitive vigilance task · 1983 · Lysaght, Robert J. et al. · indexed
  102. An ACT-R Process Model of the Signal Duration Phenomenon of Vigilance · 2014 · Gartenberg, Daniel et al. · indexed
  103. How history trails and set size influence detection of hostile intentions · 2022 · Patton, Colleen E. et al. · archived
  104. A detection theory account of change detection · 2004 · Wilken, Patrick et al. · indexed
  105. Vigilance Requires Hard Mental Work and Is Stressful · 2008 · Warm, Joel S. et al. · indexed
  106. Predicting vigilance: A fresh look at an old problem · 2009 · Finomore, V. et al. · indexed
  107. A signal detection theory analysis of phoneme boundary shifts. · 1992 · Fahey, Richard · indexed
  108. Modeling the Control of Attention in Visual Workspaces · 2011 · Steelman, Kelly S. et al. · indexed
  109. The classification of vigilance tasks in the real world · 2008 · Donald, Fiona M. · indexed
  110. Cyber Vigilance · 2014 · Sawyer, Ben D. et al. · indexed
  111. Psychophysical Determinants of Stress in Sustained Attention · 1993 · Galinsky, Traci L. et al. · indexed
  112. Theory-based Models of Attention in Visual Workspaces · 2016 · Steelman, Kelly S. et al. · indexed
  113. Decision Processes in Human Performance Monitoring · 2010 · Steinhauser, Marco et al. · indexed
  114. A signal detection theory analysis of behavioral pattern separation paradigms · 2015 · Loiotile, Rita E. et al. · indexed
  115. A Computational Cognitive Model of the Vigilance Decrement · 2025 · McCarley, Jason S. · indexed
  116. Evidence Accumulation and Decision Processes · 2024 · Starns, Jeffrey J. et al. · archived
  117. Best practices for auditory alarm design in space applications · 2006 · Begault, Durand et al. · indexed
  118. Transfer of Training in Monitoring: Signal Amplitude · 1964 · Wiener, Earl L. · indexed
  119. Effects of Aircraft Noise on Vigilance Performance and Perceived Workload · 1992 · Becker, Ami B. et al. · indexed
  120. Affective bias through the lens of Signal Detection Theory · 2020 · Locke, Shannon M et al. · indexed
  121. Confidence measurement in the light of signal detection theory · 2014 · Massoni, Sébastien et al. · indexed
  122. Affective Bias Through the Lens of Signal Detection Theory · 2021 · Locke, Shannon M. et al. · indexed
  123. Enhanced visual detection in trait anxiety. · 2015 · Berggren, Nick et al. · indexed
  124. More on the speed and accuracy of positive and negative responses. · 1987 · Ratcliff, Roger · indexed
  125. Rediscovering the Past: Gustav Fechner and Signal Detection Theory · 1994 · Link, Stephen W. · indexed
  126. Identifying Markers of Performance Decline in Air Traffic Controllers · 2021 · Edwards, Tamsyn et al. · indexed
  127. Does working memory load facilitate target detection? · 2016 · Fruchtman-Steinbok, Tom et al. · indexed
  128. The Use of Brain Evoked Response in a Critical Event Detection Task · 1985 · Wilson, Glenn F. et al. · indexed
  129. No Evidence for an Item Limit in Change Detection · 2013 · Keshvari, Shaiyan et al. · archived
  130. A Signal Detection Theory Analysis of the Placebo Effect · 2002 · Allan, Lorraine G. et al. · indexed
  131. Learning to detect a tone in unpredictable noise · 2014 · Jones, Pete R. et al. · indexed
  132. A hybrid approach to dynamic cognitive psychometrics · 2024 · Tanis, C.C. et al. · archived
  133. Monitoring dynamic processes with alphanumeric and graphic displays · 2001 · Oron-Gilad, Tal et al. · indexed
  134. A unified theory of discrete and continuous responding. · 2022 · Kvam, Peter D. et al. · archived
  135. The Influence of Set Size in a Dynamic Decision-Making Task · 2024 · Patton, Colleen E. et al. · archived
  136. Signal detection theory measurement of pain: A review and critique · 1977 · Rollman, Gary B. · indexed
  137. Pragmatics of measuring recognition memory: Applications to dementia and amnesia. · 1988 · Snodgrass, Joan Gay et al. · indexed
  138. Boundary extension: Insights from signal detection theory · 2016 · Liu, Zili et al. · indexed
  139. The general causal cumulative model of ordinal response · 2022 · Paulewicz, Borysław et al. · indexed
  140. The impact of MRI scanner environment on perceptual decision-making · 2015 · Maanen, Leendert van et al. · archived
  141. Signal detection theory and automotive imaging · 2019 · Kane, Paul J. · indexed
  142. New Orleans Vessel Traffic Service Watchstander Analysis · 1979 · Devoe, Donald B. et al. · archived
  143. Enhancing Control Room Operator Decision Making · 2024 · Mietkiewicz, Joseph et al. · indexed
  144. Bayesian analyses of cognitive architecture. · 2017 · Houpt, Joseph W. et al. · archived
  145. Evidence Accumulation Models: Current Limitations and Future Directions · 2019 · Evans, Nathan J. et al. · indexed
  146. On the Dependence of P300 Latency on Stimulus Evaluation Processes · 1984 · Magliero, Anthony et al. · indexed
  147. Dynamic models of choice · 2018 · Heathcote, Andrew et al. · archived
  148. Cognitive Load and Deception Detection Performance · 2023 · Wielgopolan, Adrianna et al. · indexed
  149. Identification of Mind Awareness from EDA signals using Wavelet based ResNet50 model · 2024 · Kalyan, Chappidi Sriram et al. · indexed
  150. Testing the drift-diffusion model · 2020 · Fudenberg, Drew et al. · indexed
  151. An Illustrative Guide to Expressing Cognitive Theories using Evidence Accumulation Modeling · 2025 · Strickland, Luke Joseph Gough et al. · indexed
  152. On how P300 amplitude varies with the utility of the eliciting stimuli · 1978 · Johnson, Ray et al. · indexed
  153. An EZ Bayesian hierarchical drift diffusion model for response time and accuracy · 2025 · Chávez De la Peña, Adriana F. et al. · indexed
  154. Network Anomaly Detection Based on Wavelet Analysis · 2008 · Lu, Wei et al. · indexed
  155. An evidential framework for pedestrian detection in high-density crowds · 2017 · Vandoni, Jennifer et al. · archived
  156. An EZ Bayesian hierarchical drift diffusion model for response time and accuracy · 2023 · Chávez De la Peña, Adriana Felisa et al. · indexed
  157. Error related negativity in observing interactive tasks · 2014 · Vi, Chi Thanh et al. · indexed
  158. Doing the Right Things Through Operator Proactive Monitoring · 2021 · Khoori, Ziad et al. · indexed
  159. What can evidence accumulation modelling tell us about human social cognition? · 2022 · Parker, Samantha et al. · indexed
  160. Bayesian Approaches to Assessing Architecture and Stopping Rule · 2012 · Houpt, Joseph W. et al. · indexed
  161. Towards Decentralized Fault Detection in UAV Formations · 2007 · Lechevin, N. et al. · indexed
  162. Cyber Situation Awareness with Active Learning for Intrusion Detection · 2019 · McElwee, Steven et al. · indexed
  163. Fast algorithm for moving target detection · 2017 · Chen, Jian et al. · indexed
  164. Multi-Sensor Satellite Data Processing for Marine Traffic Understanding · 2019 · Reggiannini, Marco et al. · indexed
  165. Acupunctural Analgesia? Evaluation by Signal Detection Theory · 1974 · Clark, W. Crawford et al. · indexed
  166. An Appearance-Based Tracking Algorithm for Aerial Search and Rescue Purposes · 2019 · Al-Kaff, Abdulla et al. · indexed
  167. A Proposed Approach to Determine the Edges in SAR images · 2020 · Abbas, Rabab Farhan · indexed
  168. Experimental satellite trajectory analysis using decision-based robust design · 1995 · Lautenschlager, Uwe et al. · indexed
  169. UAV and Its Approach in Oil and Gas Pipeline Leakage Detection · 2021 · Akande, Saheed et al. · indexed
  170. Fault Detection for Passive Suspension Systems Using Wavelet Transform · 2007 · Azadi, Shahram et al. · indexed
  171. Sonority projection effect in French: A signal detection theory approach · 2020 · Basirat, Anahita et al. · indexed
  172. Modeling an Intrusion Detection System Based on Adaptive Immunology · 2019 · Alaparthy, Vishwa et al. · indexed
  173. Change-point Detection in the Presence of Exogenous Variables · 2026 · Hua, Chenxi et al. · indexed
  174. Methods to detect and measure scour around bridge foundations · 2021 · Al-jubouri, Muhanad et al. · indexed
  175. Using higher-order statistics to infer random forces driving a nano sensor · 2022 · Soltani, Mohammad et al. · indexed
  176. SPATIO-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF BRAIN SIGNALS · 2008 · Ombao, Hernando et al. · indexed
  177. Nonparametric statistical approaches to neuroimaging data · 2016 · Noyce, Abigail L. et al. · indexed
  178. A High Resolution Radar for Short Range Automotive Applications · 1998 · Weidmann, Wolfgang et al. · indexed
  179. P300 and Long‐Term Memory: Latency Predicts Recognition Performance · 1985 · Johnson, Ray et al. · indexed
  180. Robust Network Traffic Classification · 2014 · Zhang, Jun et al. · indexed
  181. General Decentralized Data Fusion with Covariance Intersection · 2017 · Julier, Simon et al. · indexed
  182. Dam maintenance technologies with emphasis on unmanned aerial vehicles · 2026 · Sulaiman, Mohammed et al. · indexed
  183. Denoising magnetic data using steering kernel regression · 2014 · Tronicke, Jens et al. · indexed
  184. Uncertainty and non-stationarity of empirical streamflow sensitivities · 2025 · Gnann, Sebastian et al. · indexed
  185. Ship Hull Inspection using Remotely Operated Vehicle · 2022 · Ali, Ahmad Faris et al. · indexed
  186. Performance and Security Tradeoffs in Cryptographic Hash Functions · 2020 · Almuhammadi, Sultan et al. · indexed
  187. Detection of Foodborne Viruses in Dates Using ISO 15216 Methodology · 2025 · Raymond, Philippe et al. · indexed
  188. Study of the application of PCM to thermal insulation of UUV hulls using Network Simulation Method · 2021 · Sánchez-Pérez, Juan Francisco et al. · indexed