TOWARDS A COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIMING BEHAVIOR

After outlining of the evolution of comparative psychology of time, th is paper presents hypotheses, experimental strategies and recent data relevant to between-species comparisons. The animal-human generalizabi lity issue is briefly discussed, as well as the role of language and t he relevance of developmental studies to animal-human comparisons in p articular. The paper argues for the development of an integrative theo ry of timing, taking both comparative and developmental aspects of beh avior into account.