Two Asymmetries Governing Neural and Mental Timing

• Published in: Consciousness and cognition Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 265 - 272
• Main Authors: Bolbecker, Amanda R., Cheng, Zixi, Felsten, Gary, Kong, King-Leung, Lim, Corrinne C.M., Nisly-Nagele, Sheryl J., Wang-Bennett, Lolin T., Wasserman, Gerald S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2002
• Subjects: Brain - physiology; Chronobiology Phenomena - physiology; Humans; Neurons - physiology; Time Perception - physiology

Mental timing studies may be influenced by powerful cognitive illusions that can produce an asymmetry in their rate of progress relative to neuronal timing studies. Both types of timing research are also governed by a temporal asymmetry, expressed by the fact that the direction of causation must fol...