Asymmetry of the discrimination function for temporal durations in human subjects

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Wackermann, Jiří ^a   Späti, Jakub ^a  

^a Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual klepsydra model; Duration discrimination; Time perception; Time order error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 33750973948     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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