Manipulating decision processes in the human scalar timing system

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-56

  Wearden, J H ^a   Grindrod, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision processes; Humans; Payoff manipulations; Scalar timing; Temporal generalisation; Temporal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HYLOBATES SP.;

EID: 0037469885     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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