Still stuck with the stopwatch.

Time is an integral part of all adaptive behavior; we continuously adapt to the dynamic structure of an ever-changing environment. Recent theoretical approaches have moved from the idea that time arises from specialized stopwatch-like mechanisms, instead proposing the view that time is inherently encoded in a host of neural dynamics. However, we argue that much of our theorizing is-even when an intrinsic view is proposed-still driven by the implicit assumption that clearly marked, isolated stopwatch-like intervals are the fundamental unit of time in our environment.