The cognitive neuroscience of time perception: How psychological studies might help to dissect the timing system

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-190

  Wearden, John H ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Modelling; Scalar expectancy theory; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PUBLICATION; REFERENCE MEMORY; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872320909     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.09.035     Document Type: Article

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