Differential effects of empty and filled intervals on duration estimation by pigeons: Tests of an attention-sharing explanation

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-186

  Santi, Angelo ^a   Keough, Dwayne ^a   Gagne, Stephen ^a   Van Rooyen, Patrick ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention sharing; Internal clock; Pigeons; Psychometric function; Temporal bisection; Time discrimination; Time perception

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PERCEPTION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PSYCHOMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHTING; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

COLUMBA;

EID: 33846822078     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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