Contingent negative variation and its relation to time estimation: A theoretical evaluation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue DECEMBER, 2011, Pages

  van Rijn, Hedderik ^a   Kononowicz, Tadeusz W ^a   Meck, Warren H ^b   Ng, Kwun Kei ^c   Penney, Trevor B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Eeg erp; Fronto central and parietal central areas; Response preparation; Temporal accumulation; Timing and time perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTIGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERIODICITY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRE SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR ARE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855266340     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00091     Document Type: Article

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