Neural systems supporting timing and chronometric counting: An FMRI study

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Hinton, Sean C ^a   Harrington, Deborah L ^b,c   Binder, Jeffrey R ^a   Durgerian, Sally ^a   Rao, Stephen M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Counting; fMRI; Internal timing; Neural basis of behavior; Neural system; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUTAMEN; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 4644251674     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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