Research on Time Cognition Has Found That

question 90

Multiple Choice

Research on time cognition has found that

• A) nonhuman animals are less sensitive to time cues than humans are.
• B) time perception in nonhuman animals is based on their biological clocks, whereas humans use both biological and environmental time cues.
• C) biological clocks can systematically regulate behavior whether or not environmental cues change.
• D) because of the varying probability of success in foraging, animals are readily able to use time cues shorter than a day or longer than a day to predict meal availability.

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