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TIMING WITHOUT A TIMER
Author(s) -
Donahoe John W.,
Burgos José E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1999.71-257
Subject(s) - timer , discriminative model , sort , computer science , reinforcement , action (physics) , process (computing) , reinforcement learning , stimulus control , control (management) , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , psychology , social psychology , information retrieval , physics , nicotine , quantum mechanics , computer hardware , operating system , microcontroller
Inferred‐process theories propose various internal timing mechanisms to provide discriminative stimuli for temporal control of behavior. Biobehaviorally informed computer simulations indicate that timing may emerge from the action of reinforcement on neural circuits without the need to postulate timers of any sort.