The proper response to an ever-changing environment depends on the ability to quantify elapsed time, memorize short intervals and forecast when an upcoming experience may occur. A recent study describes the encoding principles of these three types of time using computational modelling.
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Merchant, H., Pérez, O. Estimating time with neural networks. Nat Mach Intell 2, 492–493 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-00229-3
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