BISECTION OF TEMPORAL INTERVALS BY PIGEONS
BISECTION OF TEMPORAL INTERVALS BY PIGEONS
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DOI:
10.1037/0097-7403.9.2.160
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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通讯作者:
DAVIS, ER
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作者:
PLATT, JR;DAVIS, ER
Two experiments investigated temporal bisection in 7 male White King pigeons using a procedure similar to that of DA Stubbs (see record 1976-27339-001), which measures the point in time at which the S switches from the shorter to the longer valued of 2 FI reinforcement schedules with a common starting point. Exp I substantiated Stubbs's findings of switching at the geometric mean of the 2 interval values and eliminated the possibility that Ss simply switched to the longer interval when the shorter one was perceived to have expired. The experiment also extended the range of values for which temporal intervals have been found to be bisected at their geometric mean. Exp II demonstrated that the usefulness of the present procedure for determining temporal bisection points is limited to cases in which the longer interval is no more than 4 times the duration of the shorter. Greater separation of the 2 durations produced a period of nonresponding during which the location of the switching or bisection point was totally ambiguous.(16 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)