Donahoe, J. W., & Burgos, J. E. (1999).
Timing without a timer.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
71, 257-263.
Inferred-process theories propose various internal timing
mechanisms to provide discriminative stimuli for temporal control
of behavior. Biobehaviorally informed computer simulations
indicate that timing may emerge from the action of reinforcement
on neural circuits without the need to postulate timers of any
sort.
Key words: timing, neural networks, neuroscience, fixed-interval
schedule