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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Math Psychol. 2023 Dec;117:102815. doi: 10.1016/j.jmp.2023.102815

Table 3. Summary of the derived expressions for confidence. In the interrogation condition expression L = 1 if R = 2 and L = -1 if R = 1. The free response expression applies for R = 2, while for R = 1 the integral limits change to −di+1 and −dt. See Table 1 for further symbol definitions..

Condition Expression for confidence
Interrogation p(C=i|R,E)=LΦ(Lμlpσlp)[BvN(g1+h2,ei+1;h1+h2)BvN(g1+h2,ei;h1+h2)].
Where,
BvN(l1,l2,ρ)=l1l212π1ρ2e12(1ρ2)(x2+y22xyρ)dxdyg=Lμlpσm2+σlp2σmσlph=Lσlpσmei=Ldiμlpσm2+σlp2μlp=Eθ(te)σlp2=E2σφ2+teσocc2θ2(te)
Free response p(C=i|R=2,tr,E)=didi+1dxcN(xc;μlf,σlf2+σm2)
Where,
μlf=1θ(te)(xd+ΔEσacc2+xdσφ2Eσacc2+tdσφ2E2)σlf2=σocc2θ2(te)(ΔE2σφ2σocc2+tdσφ2E2+I)