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Title
The ability of two internal clock models to predict performance on a temporal bisection task
Author(s)
Publication Date
2014
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Abstract
This research tested the ability of two competing models of animal timing, Learning to Time (LET) and Scalar Expectancy Theory (SET), to predict hens' performance on a temporal bisection task, in a replication of an experiment by Machado and Keen (1999). Hens were trained in two temporal discriminations; in Type 1 trials they learned to choose a red key after a 1-s signal and a green key after a 4-s signal and in Type 2 trials they learned to choose a green key after a 4-s signal, and a yellow key after a 16-s signal. After they learnt these discriminations, intermediate durations were presented. The resulting psychometric function did not superpose, violating the scalar property of timing. When novel key and duration combinations were presented and performance on subsequent generalisation tests closely matched LETS predictions. Overall, the results support the findings of Machado and Keen (1999) and supported LET's rather than SET's predictions.
Publication Type
Conference Publication
Source of Publication
New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis 11th Annual Conference Programme, p. 22-22
Publisher
New Zealand Association for Behaviour Analysis (NZABA)
Place of Publication
online
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
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