Functional Anatomy of the Attentional Modulation of Time Estimation

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5663, 2004, Pages 1506-1508

  Coull, Jennifer T ^a   Vidal, Franck ^a,b   Nazarian, Bruno ^c   Macar, Francoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Inst Med Navale Serv S Armees   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ESTIMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

ANATOMY; TIME ESTIMATION;

BRAIN;

ESTIMATION METHOD; TIME;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MODULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542317583     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1091573     Document Type: Article

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