Categorical scaling of duration bisection in pigeons (Columba livia), Mice (Mus musculus), and humans (Homo sapiens): Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1103-1109

  Penney, Trevor B ^a   Gibbon, John ^b   Meck, Warren H ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COLUMBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349128948     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02210.x     Document Type: Article

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