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. 2012 Dec;14(4):425–432. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.4/sphatif

TABLE I. The involvement of the memory systems and the associated brain structures in the reproduction and production of short (5 seconds) and long durations (14 and 38 seconds).

Time estimation tasks
Duration Reproduction Production
5 seconds Short-term memory Short-term memory
Working memory Working memory
Attention Attention
Frontal structures Frontal structures
delay Comparison with a representation of time in semantic or procedural memory
14 and 38 seconds Retrieval in episodic memory
Bilateral medial temporal lobes Right medial temporal and/or subcortical structures