From duration and distance comparisons to goal encoding in prefrontal cortex

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 829, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-186

  Genovesio, A ^a   Tsujimoto, S ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Nielsen NeuroFocus   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distance; Magnitudes; Prefrontal cortex; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CODING RELATIVE DURATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; GOAL ENCODING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME PERCEPTION; ANIMAL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84925581224     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1782-2_10     Document Type: Article

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