Explaining between-group differences in performance on timing tasks

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-199

  Wearden, John H ^a   Jones, Luke A ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Children; Temporal bisection; Temporal generalization; Time perception

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872507510     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.704928     Document Type: Article

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