The human brain relies on distributed neural networks to sense the passage of time
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Converging neurobiological research shows that the human brain utilizes distributed neural networks, including thalamocortical and cerebello-frontoparietal circuits, to process and represent the passage of time.
Evidence for · 2
Control Principles of Neural Dynamics Revealed by the Neurobiology of Timing.
2025 · cited by 7
Paper 3 demonstrates that thalamocortical population activity and dynamical systems analysis reveal how neural networks control and represent elapsed time.
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Cerebellar Time and Relative Time: A Comparator-Based Dynamical Timing Model and its Relevance to Psychopathology and Therapies.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 11 reviews how cerebellar circuits act in concert with cortical and basal ganglia oscillators to process interval timing and subjective time perception.