The representation of temporal information in neural activity

• Grant number: 17/25161-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: July 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Cognitive Psychology
• Principal Investigator: André Mascioli Cravo
• Grantee: André Mascioli Cravo
• Host Institution: Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição (CMCC). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Santo André
• Associated researchers: Marcelo Bussotti Reyes ; Marcelo Salvador Caetano ; Raphael Yokoingawa de Camargo
• Associated research grant(s): 19/08885-8 - Temporal binding in interval and event perception: common psychological and neural underpinnings?, AP.R SPRINT

Abstract

Humans and nonhuman animals are able to estimate time intervals of different durations. Intervals from hundreds of milliseconds to seconds are especially important for sensory, motor, and cognitive processes. Although there are a number of theoretical models to explain how temporal processing takes place on this scale, the mechanisms underlying this processing are still largely unknown. One of the main difficulties in understanding these mechanisms is the lack of an electrophysiological marker of temporal processing in electroencephalography (EEG). However, recent studies using methodologies based on multivariate pattern analyzes (MVPA) have shown the potential of these techniques in decoding the representation of information in our central nervous system (CNS). In the present project, we aim to use MVPA methods to investigate how temporal processing occurs. Through three experiments with concomitant recording of EEG, we will investigate how different tasks, intervals and learning modulate the representation of time. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

REYES, MARCELO BUSSOTTI; DE MIRANDA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; TUNES, GABRIELA CHIUFFA; CRAVO, ANDRE MASCIOLI; CAETANO, MARCELO SALVADOR. Rats can learn a temporal task in a single session. Behavioural Processes, v. 170, JAN 2020. (17/25161-8, 16/18914-7, 14/50909-8)

NEPOMOCENO, ESTELA B.; CRAVO, ANDRE M.; REYES, MARCELO B.; CAETANO, MARCELO S.. Temporal regularity and stimulus control in multiple fixed interval schedules. Behavioural Processes, v. 171, FEB 2020. (17/25161-8, 14/50909-8, 14/22918-2)

BARNE, LOUISE C.; DE LANGE, FLORIS P.; CRAVO, ANDRE M.. Prestimulus alpha power is related to the strength of stimulus representation. CORTEX, v. 132, p. 250-257, NOV 2020. (18/08844-7, 17/25161-8, 16/04258-0)

CRAVO, ANDRE MASCIOLI; DE AZEVEDO, GUSTAVO BRITO; BILACCHI AZARIAS, CRISTIANO MORAES; BARNE, LOUISE CATHERYNE; BUENO, FERNANDA DANTAS; DE CAMARGO, RAPHAEL Y.; MORITA, VANESSA CARNEIRO; PUPO SIRIUS, ESAU VENTURA; RECIO, RENAN SCHIAVOLIN; SILVESTRIN, MATEUS; et al. Time experience during social distancing: A longitudinal study during the first months of COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. SCIENCE ADVANCES, v. 8, n. 15, p. 18-pg., 2022-04-01. (19/06423-7, 16/24951-2, 19/25572-3, 17/25161-8, 17/24575-3)

TUNES, GABRIELA C.; DE OLIVEIRA, ELIEZYER FERMINO; VIEIRA, ESTEVAO U. P.; CAETANO, MARCELO S.; CRAVO, ANDRE M.; BUSSOTTI REYES, MARCELO. Time encoding migrates from prefrontal cortex to dorsal striatum during learning of a self-timed response duration task. eLIFE, v. 11, p. 19-pg., 2022-09-28. (16/05473-2, 14/50909-8, 18/20277-0, 17/03729-2, 17/25161-8)

DE AZEVEDO, GUSTAVO B.; CRAVO, ANDRE M.; BUEHNER, MARC J.. Temporal binding: Task-dependent variations and reliability across experimental paradigms. ATTENTION PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS, v. N/A, p. 20-pg., 2024-12-19. (21/13386-0, 19/25572-3, 17/25161-8, 19/08885-8)

BILACCHI, CRISTIANO MORAES; PUPO SIRIUS, ESAU VENTURA; CRAVO, ANDRE MASCIOLI; DE AZEVEDO NETO, RAYMUNDO MACHADO. emporal dynamics of implicit memory underlying serial dependenc. MEMORY & COGNITION, v. 50, n. 2, AUG 2021. (17/25161-8, 19/06423-7, 18/08318-3)

BARNE, LOUISE CATHERYNE; CRAVO, ANDRE MASCIOLI; DE LANGE, FLORIS P.; SPAAK, EELKE. Temporal prediction elicits rhythmic preactivation of relevant sensory cortices. European Journal of Neuroscience, AUG 2021. (17/25161-8, 18/08844-7, 16/04258-0)

BUENO, FERNANDA D.; NOBRE, ANNA C.; CRAVO, ANDRE M.. Time for What? Dissociating Explicit Timing Tasks through Electrophysiological Signatures. ENEURO, v. 11, n. 2, p. 13-pg., 2024-02-01. (17/24575-3, 17/25161-8)

RECIO, RENAN SCHIAVOLIN; CRAVO, ANDRE MASCIOLI; DE CAMARGO, RAPHAEL YOKOINGAWA; VAN WASSENHOVE, VIRGINIE. Dissociating the sequential dependency of subjective temporal order from subjective simultaneity. PLoS One, v. 14, n. 10, OCT 9 2019. (17/25161-8)