Discrimination of short time intervals by the human observer

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Westheimer, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermodal comparison; Temporal processing; Time perception; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0032725916     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050942     Document Type: Article

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