Learning and generalization of time production in humans: Rules of transfer across modalities and interval durations

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-100

  Bartolo, Ramon ^a   Merchant, Hugo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Interval production; Learning generalization; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749099306     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1895-1     Document Type: Article

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