Timing of multiple overlapping intervals: How many clocks do we have?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-375

  van Rijn, Hedderik ^a   Taatgen, Niels A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive modeling; Interval timing; Linear vs. nonlinear timescales; Pacemaker accumulator systems; Parallel timing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049144983     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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