Ready...go: Amplitude of the FMRI signal encodes expectation of cue arrival time.

What happens when the brain awaits a signal of uncertain arrival time, as when a sprinter waits for the starting pistol? And what happens just after the starting pistol fires? Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we have discovered a novel correlate of temporal expectations in several...

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Main Authors: Xu Cui, Chess Stetson, P Read Montague, David M Eagleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2711330?pdf=render