title: Dynamic representation of time in brain states.
abstract: The ability to process time on the scale of milliseconds and seconds is essential for behaviour. A growing number of studies have started to focus on brain dynamics as a mechanism for temporal encoding. Although there is growing evidence in favour of this view from computational and in vitro studies, there is still a lack of results from experiments in humans. We show that high-dimensional brain states revealed by multivariate pattern analysis of human EEG are correlated to temporal judgements. First, we show that, as participants estimate temporal intervals, the spatiotemporal dynamics of their brain activity are consistent across trials. Second, we present evidence that these dynamics exhibit properties of temporal perception, such as scale invariance. Lastly, we show that it is possible to predict temporal judgements based on brain states. These results show how scalp recordings can reveal the spatiotemporal dynamics of human brain activity related to temporal processing.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Matemática Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Rua Santa Adélia, 166, Santo André - SP - 09210-170, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Dantas
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Bueno
authors.affiliation: Centro de Matemática Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Rua Santa Adélia, 166, Santo André - SP - 09210-170, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vanessa C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Centro de Matemática Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Rua Santa Adélia, 166, Santo André - SP - 09210-170, Brasil.
authors.forename: Raphael Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: de Camargo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Matemática Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Rua Santa Adélia, 166, Santo André - SP - 09210-170, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcelo B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.affiliation: Centro de Matemática Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Rua Santa Adélia, 166, Santo André - SP - 09210-170, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcelo S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.affiliation: Centro de Matemática Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Rua Santa Adélia, 166, Santo André - SP - 09210-170, Brasil.
authors.forename: André M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cravo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult