Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (Dec 2011)

Contingent Negative Variation and its Relation to Time Estimation: A Theoretical Evaluation

  • Hedderik eVan Rijn,
  • Tadeusz Władyslaw Kononowicz,
  • Warren H Meck,
  • Kwun Kei eNg,
  • Trevor B Penney

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2011.00091
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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The relation between the contingent negative variation (CNV) and time estimation is evaluated in terms of temporal accumulation and preparation processes. The conclusion is that the CNV as measured at fronto-central and parietal-central areas is not a direct reflection of the underlying interval timing mechanism(s), but more likely represents a time-based response preparation/decision-making process.

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