Learning to time: A perspective

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 423-458

  Machado, Armando ^a   Malheiro, Maria Teresa ^a   Erlhagen, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Learning to time (LeT) model; Mathematical models; Scalar expectancy theory (SET); Temporal discrimination; Timing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 73049083401     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2009.92-423     Document Type: Article

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