Probabilistic model of onset detection explains paradoxes in human time perception

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2010, Pages

  Nikolov, Stanislav ^a   Rahnev, Dobromir A ^b   Lau, Hakwan C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Libet; Modeling; Onset detection; Readiness potential; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960903740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00037     Document Type: Article

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