Time scales in cognitive neuroscience

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 APR, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Papo, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Characteristic time; Cognitive neuroscience; Fluctuation dissipation theorem; Non gaussianity; Non self averaging; Observation time; Relaxation time; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; THINKING;

EID: 84883757107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00086     Document Type: Article

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