Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation during a Time Production Task: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Figure 3

Sequences of events during the time production and button-pressing tasks. (a) Time production task. The number of seconds to be produced was shown on the screen, and time production began and ended with the participant’s first and second button press, respectively. All instructions were given in Japanese. (b) Button-pressing task. In contrast to the time production task, the time instructions were not displayed. Rather, the following instructions were shown in Japanese: “Press the button twice.”

(a) Time production task

(b) Button-pressing task