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On the Relation Between Time Perception and the Timing of Motor Action: Evidence for a Temporal Oscillator Controlling the Timing of Movement

Michel Treisman University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
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Andrew Faulkner University College, London, U.K.
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Peter L. N. Naish Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hants, U.K.
Pages 235-263 | Published online: 29 May 2007

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