The role of the cerebellum in subsecond time perception: Evidence from repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-157

  Lee, Kwang Hyuk ^a   Egleston, Paul N ^a   Brown, Wendy H ^a   Gregory, Abigail N ^a   Barker, Anthony T ^a,b   Woodruff, Peter W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33846260483     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.1.147     Document Type: Article

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