On the locus of temporal preparation: Enhancement of premotor processes?

Attention and Time

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rolke, Bettina ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human behaviour; Premotor processes; Reaction time; Sensory information; Temporal preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563456.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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