The review summarises current evidence on the cognitive mechanisms for the integration of spatial and temporal representations and of common brain structures to process the where and when of stimuli. Psychophysical experiments document the presence of spatially localised distortions of sub-second time intervals and suggest that visual events are timed by neural mechanisms that are spatially selective. On the other hand, experiments with supra-second intervals suggest that time could be represented on a mental time-line ordered from left-to-right, similar to what is reported for other ordered quantities, such as numbers. Neuroimaging and neuropsychological findings point towards the posterior parietal cortex as the main site where spatial and temporal information converge and interact with each other.

OLIVERI, M., KOCH, G., CALTAGIRONE, C. (2009). Spatial-temporal interactions in the human brain. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 195(4), 489-497 [10.1007/s00221-009-1834-1].

Spatial-temporal interactions in the human brain.

OLIVERI, Massimiliano;
2009-01-01

Abstract

The review summarises current evidence on the cognitive mechanisms for the integration of spatial and temporal representations and of common brain structures to process the where and when of stimuli. Psychophysical experiments document the presence of spatially localised distortions of sub-second time intervals and suggest that visual events are timed by neural mechanisms that are spatially selective. On the other hand, experiments with supra-second intervals suggest that time could be represented on a mental time-line ordered from left-to-right, similar to what is reported for other ordered quantities, such as numbers. Neuroimaging and neuropsychological findings point towards the posterior parietal cortex as the main site where spatial and temporal information converge and interact with each other.
2009
Settore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia Fisiologica
OLIVERI, M., KOCH, G., CALTAGIRONE, C. (2009). Spatial-temporal interactions in the human brain. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 195(4), 489-497 [10.1007/s00221-009-1834-1].
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