Anatomy of human sensory cortices reflects inter-individual variability in time estimation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gilaie Dotan, Sharon ^a,b   Kanai, Ryota ^a   Rees, Geraint ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Modality independent; Neural structure; Supra seconds time perception; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY CORTEX; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 82355181289     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00076     Document Type: Article

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