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a theory of timing in which errors in estimating an interval grow in proportion to its length, a Weber law for time.

In cognitive neuroscience, scalar expectancy theory refers to a theory of timing in which errors in estimating an interval grow in proportion to its length, a Weber law for time. This meaning comes from Gibbon (1977) in Psychological Review.[1]

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References

Gibbon, J. (1977). Scalar expectancy theory and Weber's law in animal timing. Psychological Review, 84(3), 279-325. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.84.3.279

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