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Automatic time perception in the human brain for intervals ranging from milliseconds to seconds.

Risto Näätänen1, Olga Syssoeva, Rika Takegata

  • 1Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland. risto.naatanen@helsinki.fi

Psychophysiology
|June 11, 2004
PubMed
Summary

This study shows automatic auditory duration discrimination extends to seconds, but is most effective for milliseconds. Researchers used mismatch negativity (MMN) to assess this time perception mechanism.

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