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Welcome to the Time Perception Lab!


Our research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying the processing and perception of millisecond time in humans. We are interested in how duration perception works, particularly how interactions between stimulus features, statistical contingencies, and physiological state influence time perception and its neural coding. We also aim to understand how time coding integrates with sensory coding, how it is influenced by the coding of other features, and its developmental origin.

To achieve this, we employ a comprehensive range of human neuroscience techniques, including psychophysics, neuroimaging (ultra-high-field fMRI and EEG), brain stimulation methods such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), and the simultaneous combination of TMS and EEG. Additionally, we integrate computational models applied to fMRI, TMS, and psychophysics, as well as machine learning techniques to decode EEG time-series.