Interval timing

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Staddon, J E R ^a   Higa, J J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LEARNING; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746317752     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1764-c1     Document Type: Article

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