SISSA Neuroscientists Uncover Multi-Stage Cortical Mechanism Behind Human Perception of Time
Neuroscientists at SISSA discover how the human brain constructs time perception through a three-stage process across the visual, parietal, and frontal cortex.
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Published: Apr 3, 2026, 10:37 AM EDT
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SISSA Neuroscientists Uncover Multi-Stage Cortical Mechanism Behind Human Perception of Time
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A new study published in PLOS Biology reveals that the human brain constructs the sense of time through a sophisticated, multi-step process across the cerebral cortex. Researchers found that temporal perception moves from basic sensory encoding in the visual cortex to specialized neural "readouts" in the parietal areas, eventually reaching the frontal regions for subjective categorization.
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