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Time and Behaviour, Volume 120 - Psychological and Neurobehavioural Analyses (Hardcover)
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Time and Behaviour, Volume 120 - Psychological and Neurobehavioural Analyses (Hardcover)
Series: Advances in Psychology
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That time is both a dimension of behaviour and a ubiquitous
controlling variable in the lives of all living things has been
well recognized for many years.
The last decade has seen a burgeoning of interest in the
quantitative analysis of timing behaviour, and progress during the
last five or six years has been particularly impressive, with the
publication of several major new theoretical contributions.
There has also been considerable progress in behavioural
methodology during the past decade. In the area of reinforcement
schedules, for example, the venerable interresponse time schedule,
fixed interval peak procedure and interval bisection task have been
complemented by a 'second generation' of incisive instruments for
analyzing timing behaviour.
Another area of recent development is the analysis of the
neurobiological substrate of timing behaviour. Several research
groups are currently studying the involvement of various central
neurotransmitter systems in the timing behaviour, and the ability
of centrally acting drugs and discrete brain lesions to alter
timing processes.
Yet another recent development in timing research is the growing
dialogue between two fields that have grown up separately,
although, superficially at least, they seem to have much in common:
the experimental analysis of 'interval timing', traditionally the
province of experimental psychology, and behavioural chronobiology.
The last few years have seen a growing interest in the comparative
properties of the internal 'clocks' that regulate biobehavioural
rhythms with time bases in the circadian range or longer, and those
that are entailed in timing of intervals in the range of seconds or
minutes.
All these areas of research, and others, are represented in the
chapters that make up this volume. This book will help to promote
further interactions among researchers who hail from disparate
disciplines, but who share a common interest in the temporal
properties of behaviour."
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