A prefrontal ERP involved in decision making during visual duration and size discrimination tasks

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-162

  Gontier, Emilie ^a   Dantec, Christophe Le ^a   Paul, Isabelle ^a   Bernard, Christian ^a   Lalonde, Robert ^a   Rebaï, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making; Late positive component; Prefrontal cortex; Time estimation; Timing accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SIZE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 36448948335     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450601046798     Document Type: Article

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