Stimulus Dynamics and Temporal Discrimination: Implications for Pacemakers

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-537

  Beckmann, Joshua S ^a   Young, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

change; dynamics; pacemaker; temporal discrimination; timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MATHEMATICS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350452612     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015891     Document Type: Article

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