A parsimonious alternative to the pacemaker/accumulator process in animal timing

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Reid, Alliston K ^a   Allen, David L ^b  

^a WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal timing; Cognitive processes; Pacemakers; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; TIME PERCEPTION; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032449877     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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