Hyperbolic discounting emerges from the scalar property of interval timing

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cui, Xu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 82255166290     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00024     Document Type: Article

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