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TIME WITHOUT CLOCKS
Author(s) -
Zeiler Michael D.
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.1999.71-288
Subject(s) - generality , duration (music) , computer science , time perception , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , cognitive science , psychology , neuroscience , cognition , art , literature , psychotherapist
Staddon and Higa show that the ability to time events derives from principles of memory rather than from an internal device for measuring the duration of events. This insightful timing theory is parsimonious, fits the data, has potential widespread generality, and is evolutionarily plausible.