Timing without a timer

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-263

  Donahoe, John W ^a   Burgos, José E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fixed interval schedule; Neural networks; Neuroscience; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033091530     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1999.71-257     Document Type: Review

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