Context effects in a temporal discrimination task: Further tests of the scalar expectancy theory and learning-to-time models

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-51

  Arantes, Joana ^a,b   Machado, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bisection procedure; Context effect; Key peck; Pigeon; Temporal discrimination; Timing models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878300786     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2008-90-33     Document Type: Article

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