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A three-category task was employed to test counting models for temporal discrimination. Unlike former approaches, the present one is not based on Weber functions. Specifically, the proposed test does not require the implicit but, nevertheless, debatable assumption that the pulse rate of the internal clock is constant for different durations of the standard interval. Furthermore, the present approach does not necessitate specific distributional assumptions about the interpulse times. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the predictions of this generalized counting model. The results are consistent with predictions of the generalized counting model. A further analysis suggests that the pulse rate decreases as the duration of the standard interval increases.
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This research was partially supported by grants of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (UL 116/6-1 and RA 450/9-1).
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Rammsayer, T., Ulrich, R. Counting models of temporal discrimination. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 8, 270–277 (2001). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196161
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