Abstract
The aim of this theoretical review is to present and discuss models in psychology that support the idea of an internal clock as a basic mechanism involved in temporal judgments. Therefore, first we present the most popular theory conceiving an internal clock as a mechanism composed of a pacemaker and an accumulator. Second, we describe a more elaborated theory about the processing of time information, i.e., scalar timing theory. Finally, we present two others theories, one that proposes behavioral states, and the other a neural oscillatory system as the basis of time judgments.
| Translated title of the contribution | Internal clock models in the psychology of time |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 617-654 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Journal | Annee Psychologique |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2003 |
Keywords
- Internal clock
- Model
- Time
- Timing