title: Time perception: components of the brain's clock.
abstract: We know the human brain contains some kind of clock, but determining its neural underpinnings and teasing apart its components have proven difficult. New work on the parietal cortex illustrates how single unit recording may be able to help.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Science and Culture, 187 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. plewis@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Penelope A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D013998:Time Perception / Q000502:physiology*