The Learning-to-Time model

Podcast: Human Factors Minute · Human Factors Cast

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! The Learning to Time model is one of many theories on how humans and other animals time events. This model comprises three major components including behavior states, associative links connecting the state to a response, and the response itself. At the signal of the timed event, one behavior state is active. As time passes, a series of behavior states activate. Each behavioral state is then paired at varying degrees with at least one instrumental response. That degree of response depends on the strength of the activation. What sets this model apart from other...