Distinct systems for automatic and cognitively controlled time measurement: Evidence from neuroimaging

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-255

  Lewis, Penelope A ^a   Miall, R Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 0038396144     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00036-9     Document Type: Review

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