Timescale Invariance in the Pacemaker-Accumulator Family of Timing Models

Timing and Time Perception

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-188

  Simen, Patrick ^a   Rivest, Francois ^b,c   Ludvig, Elliot A ^d   Balci, Fuat ^e   Killeen, Peter ^f  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BeT; Diffusion model; interval timing; scale invariance; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979983620     PISSN: 2213445X     EISSN: 22134468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22134468-00002018     Document Type: Article

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