Stimulus complexity and prospective timing: Clues for a parallel process model of time perception

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-74

  Aubry, Florent ^a,b   Guillaume, Nicolas ^a,b   Mogicato, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Bergeret, Laure ^a,b   Celsis, Pierre ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Human subjects; Perceptual discrimination; Prospective timing; Reaction time; Stimulus complexity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 42049086324     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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