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Thibault N, D'amours S, Albouy P, Grondin S. Musical Expertise Influences the Processing of Short and Long Auditory Time Intervals: An Electroencephalography Study. J Cogn Neurosci 2024; 36:2268-2280. [PMID: 38991139 DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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Musical expertise has been proven to be beneficial for time perception abilities, with musicians outperforming nonmusicians in several explicit timing tasks. However, it is unclear how musical expertise impacts implicit time perception. Twenty nonmusicians and 15 expert musicians participated in an EEG recording during a passive auditory oddball paradigm with 0.8- and 1.6-sec standard time intervals and deviant intervals that were either played earlier or delayed relative to the standard interval. We first confirmed that, as was the case for nonmusicians, musicians use different neurofunctional processes to support the perception of short (below 1.2 sec) and long (above 1.2 sec) time intervals: Whereas deviance detection for long intervals elicited a N1 component, P2 was associated with deviance detection for short time intervals. Interestingly, musicians did not elicit a contingent negative variation (CNV) for longer intervals but show additional components of deviance detection such as (i) an attention-related N1 component, even for deviants occurring during short intervals; (ii) a N2 component for above and below 1.2-sec deviance detection, and (iii) a P2 component for above 1.2-sec deviance detection. We propose that the N2 component is a marker of explicit deviance detection and acts as an inhibitory/conflict monitoring of the deviance. This hypothesis was supported by a positive correlation between CNV and N2 amplitudes: The CNV reflects the temporal accumulator and can predict explicit detection of the deviance. In expert musicians, a N2 component is observable without CNV, suggesting that deviance detection is optimized and does not require the temporal accumulator. Overall, this study suggests that musical expertise is associated with optimized implicit time perception.
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- Nicola Thibault
- Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Québec, Canada
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- Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Québec, Canada
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- Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- CERVO Brain Research Centre, Québec, Canada
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Gallant NL, Russill CL, Taylor NC, Nakonechny S, Kohlert A, Ewing K. Time perception among people living with and without dementia: A scoping review. DEMENTIA 2024; 23:1183-1211. [PMID: 38821887 DOI: 10.1177/14713012241257299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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Dementia often manifests with profound alterations in perception, but it is unclear if and to what extent time perception is altered among people living with dementia compared to those experiencing normal aging. Thus, this scoping review aimed to answer the following research questions: (1) What study designs, participants, time intervals, paradigms, tests, and scores have been employed and in which countries were these methods employed to study time perception in dementia? (2) In which ways do time perception differ across individuals living with and without dementia? (3) In which ways do time perception differ across individuals living with different types of dementia? After deduplication, title and abstract screening, and full-text review, a total of 12 studies were included in this scoping review. Findings generally indicated that people living with dementia perceive time differently than people living without dementia, and that some differences across dementia diagnoses may exist, but the body of literature on time perception in dementia was quite limited. Future research should focus on replicating findings while extending the research to look beyond the dementia versus non-dementia dichotomy as differences across dementia diagnoses may exist. Moreover, if people living with dementia (and, in particular, living with different dementia diagnoses) experience time differently from those experiencing normal aging, we need to begin to address these differences in dementia-friendly initiatives to improve well-being for this population.
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- Natasha L Gallant
- Department of Psychology and Centre on Aging and Health, University of Regina, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Canada
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- Department of Philosophy, Cape Breton University, Canada
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Ebtekar A, Hutter M. Modeling the Arrows of Time with Causal Multibaker Maps. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 26:776. [PMID: 39330109 PMCID: PMC11431034 DOI: 10.3390/e26090776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 09/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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Why do we remember the past, and plan the future? We introduce a toy model in which to investigate emergent time asymmetries: the causal multibaker maps. These are reversible discrete-time dynamical systems with configurable causal interactions. Imposing a suitable initial condition or "Past Hypothesis", and then coarse-graining, yields a Pearlean locally causal structure. While it is more common to speculate that the other arrows of time arise from the thermodynamic arrow, our model instead takes the causal arrow as fundamental. From it, we obtain the thermodynamic and epistemic arrows of time. The epistemic arrow concerns records, which we define to be systems that encode the state of another system at another time, regardless of the latter system's dynamics. Such records exist of the past, but not of the future. We close with informal discussions of the evolutionary and agential arrows of time, and their relevance to decision theory.
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- Aram Ebtekar
- Independent Researcher, Vancouver, BC V5Y 3J6, Canada
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- Google DeepMind, London N1C 4AG, UK
- School of Computing, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Trinkl N, Wolfe JM. Image memorability influences memory for where the item was seen but not when. Mem Cognit 2024:10.3758/s13421-024-01635-3. [PMID: 39256320 DOI: 10.3758/s13421-024-01635-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/12/2024]
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Observers can determine whether they have previously seen hundreds of images with more than 80% accuracy. This "massive memory" for WHAT we have seen is accompanied by smaller but still massive memories for WHERE and WHEN the item was seen (spatial & temporal massive memory). Recent studies have shown that certain images are more easily remembered than others (higher "memorability"). Does memorability influence spatial massive memory and temporal massive memory? In two experiments, viewers saw 150 images presented twice in random order. These 300 images were sequentially presented at random locations in a 7 × 7 grid. If an image was categorized as old, observers clicked on the spot in the grid where they thought they had previously seen it. They also noted when they had seen it: Experiment 1-clicking on a timeline; Experiment 2-estimating the trial number when the item first appeared. Replicating prior work, data show that high-memorability images are remembered better than low-memorability images. Interestingly, in both experiments, spatial memory precision was correlated with image memorability, while temporal memory precision did not vary as a function of memorability. Apparently, properties that make images memorable help us remember WHERE but not WHEN those images were presented. The lack of correlation between memorability and temporal memory is, of course, a negative result and should be treated with caution.
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- Nathan Trinkl
- Visual Attention Laboratory, Dept. of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Visual Attention Laboratory, Dept. of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Depts of Ophthalmology & Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Visual Attention Lab, Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Ave, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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Silva LB, Phillips M, Martins JO. The influence of tonality, tempo, and musical sophistication on the listener's time-duration estimates. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 2024; 77:1846-1864. [PMID: 37706292 PMCID: PMC11373168 DOI: 10.1177/17470218231203459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Music listening affects time perception, with previous studies suggesting that a variety of factors may influence this: musical, individual, and environmental. Two experiments investigated the effect of musical factors (tonality and musical tempo) and individual factors (a listener's level of musical sophistication) on subjective estimates of duration. Participants estimated the duration of different versions of newly composed instrumental music stimuli under retrospective and prospective conditions. Stimuli varied in tempo (90-120 bpm) and tonality (tonal-atonal), in a 2 × 2 factorial design, while other musical parameters remained constant. Estimates were made using written estimates of minutes and seconds in Experiment 1, and the reproduction method in Experiment 2. Two-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) showed no main effect of tonality on estimates and no significant interactions between tempo and tonality, under any condition. Musical tempo significantly affected estimates, with the faster tempo leading to longer estimates, but only in the prospective condition, and with the use of the reproduction method. Correlation matrices using the Pearson correlation coefficient found no correlation between musical sophistication scores (measured using the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index [Gold-MSI]) and verbal or reproduction estimates. In conclusion, together with the existing literature, findings suggest that (1) changes in tonality, without further changes in rhythm, metre, or melodic contour, do not significantly affect estimates; (2) small changes in musical tempo influence only prospective reproduction estimates, with larger tempo differences or longer stimuli being needed to cause changes in retrospective estimates; (3) participants' level of musical sophistication does not impact estimates of musical duration; and (4) empirical research on music listening and subjective time must consider potential method-dependent results.
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- Ligia Borges Silva
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Micillo L, Grondin S, Mioni G. The effect of modality and order presentation of emotional stimuli on time perception. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 2024; 77:1813-1823. [PMID: 37877182 DOI: 10.1177/17470218231211905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Despite human accuracy in perceiving time, many factors can modulate the subjective experience of time. For example, it is widely reported that emotion can expand or shrink our perception of time and that temporal intervals are perceived as longer when marked by auditory stimuli than by visual stimuli. In the present study, we aimed at investigating whether the influence of emotion on time perception can be altered by the order in which emotional stimuli are presented and the sensory modality in which they are presented. Participants were asked to complete a time bisection task in which emotional stimuli were presented either acoustically or visually, and either before or after interval to be estimated. We observed a main effect of modality (longer perceived duration and lower variability in the auditory than in the visual modality) as well as a main effect of emotion (temporal overestimation for negative stimuli compared to neutral). Importantly, the effects of modality and emotion interacted with the order of presentation of the emotional stimuli. In the visual condition, when emotional stimuli were presented after the temporal intervals, participants overestimated time, but no differences between negative and neutral stimuli were observed when emotional stimuli were presented first. In the auditory condition, no significant effect of emotion on perceived duration was found. Results suggest that negative emotions affect our perception of durations acting at the decision-making stage rather than at the pacemaker one. No effect on time perception was observed for emotional auditory stimuli.
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- Luigi Micillo
- Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova, Padova, Italia
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- École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova, Padova, Italia
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Kim Y, Bae JS, Kim YJ, Lee JH, Park SH, Lee M, Lee SH, Kim C. Distorted time perception in patients with neurocognitive impairment. Heliyon 2024; 10:e36002. [PMID: 39224255 PMCID: PMC11366858 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 08/04/2024] [Accepted: 08/07/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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Background Time perception is known to be distorted in patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the correlation between cognitive decline and time distortion by examining time perception in participants with neurocognitive impairment (Alzheimer's disease [AD], vascular dementia [VD], and Parkinson's disease dementia [PDD]) compared to those with subjective cognitive impairment (SCI). Methods Overall, 569 participants with cognitive decline complaints between 2013 and 2022 were investigated. Participants were subjected to a verbal estimation task, time production task, time comparison task, and neuropsychological assessments. Results Time perception abilities were distorted in patients with neurocognitive impairment compared to those with SCI. Despite similar educational backgrounds, the vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)/VD group demonstrated the lowest MMSE scores (22.4 ± 4.2, p-value <0.001) and larger time-estimation errors. Patients with VCI/VD significantly underestimated time in the 35-s (19.6 ± 12.6s) and 60-s (28.7 ± 19.9s) tasks. In the time production task, patients with VCI/VD produced shorter times in their 15-s (12.7 ± 4.3; p-value = 0.001), 30-s (23.6 ± 8.3; p value < 0.001), and 60-s (43.8 ± 18.9; p-value <0.001) trials. In the time comparison task, the VCI/VD group had significantly fewer correct answers than that in the SCI groups (6.0 ± 1.3 vs. 7.1 ± 0.9, p-value <0.001). Correlation analysis revealed that multiple cognitive functions are involved in the time perception tasks. Conclusions Patients with VCI/VD had the poorest time perception. These findings may provide a modest contribution to understanding the underlying pathophysiology and psychological connections related to temporal abilities in time perception.
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- Yerim Kim
- Department of Neurology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Buzi G, Eustache F, Droit-Volet S, Desaunay P, Hinault T. Towards a neurodevelopmental cognitive perspective of temporal processing. Commun Biol 2024; 7:987. [PMID: 39143328 PMCID: PMC11324894 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06641-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024] Open
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The ability to organize and memorize the unfolding of events over time is a fundamental feature of cognition, which develops concurrently with the maturation of the brain. Nonetheless, how temporal processing evolves across the lifetime as well as the links with the underlying neural substrates remains unclear. Here, we intend to retrace the main developmental stages of brain structure, function, and cognition linked to the emergence of timing abilities. This neurodevelopmental perspective aims to untangle the puzzling trajectory of temporal processing aspects across the lifetime, paving the way to novel neuropsychological assessments and cognitive rehabilitation strategies.
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- Giulia Buzi
- Inserm, U1077, EPHE, UNICAEN, Normandie Université, PSL Université Paris, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine (NIMH), Caen, France
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- Inserm, U1077, EPHE, UNICAEN, Normandie Université, PSL Université Paris, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine (NIMH), Caen, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, LAPSCO, CNRS, UMR 6024, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, U1077, EPHE, UNICAEN, Normandie Université, PSL Université Paris, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine (NIMH), Caen, France
- Service de Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, CHU de Caen, Caen, France
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- Inserm, U1077, EPHE, UNICAEN, Normandie Université, PSL Université Paris, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine (NIMH), Caen, France.
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Marrero K, Aruljothi K, Delgadillo C, Kabbara S, Swatch L, Zagha E. Goal-directed learning is multidimensional and accompanied by diverse and widespread changes in neocortical signaling. Cereb Cortex 2024; 34:bhae328. [PMID: 39110412 PMCID: PMC11304966 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 07/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
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New tasks are often learned in stages with each stage reflecting a different learning challenge. Accordingly, each learning stage is likely mediated by distinct neuronal processes. And yet, most rodent studies of the neuronal correlates of goal-directed learning focus on individual outcome measures and individual brain regions. Here, we longitudinally studied mice from naïve to expert performance in a head-fixed, operant conditioning whisker discrimination task. In addition to tracking the primary behavioral outcome of stimulus discrimination, we tracked and compared an array of object-based and temporal-based behavioral measures. These behavioral analyses identify multiple, partially overlapping learning stages in this task, consistent with initial response implementation, early stimulus-response generalization, and late response inhibition. To begin to understand the neuronal foundations of these learning processes, we performed widefield Ca2+ imaging of dorsal neocortex throughout learning and correlated behavioral measures with neuronal activity. We found distinct and widespread correlations between neocortical activation patterns and various behavioral measures. For example, improvements in sensory discrimination correlated with target stimulus evoked activations of response-related cortices along with distractor stimulus evoked global cortical suppression. Our study reveals multidimensional learning for a simple goal-directed learning task and generates hypotheses for the neuronal modulations underlying these various learning processes.
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- Krista Marrero
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of California Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Hefter MH. Note-taking fosters distance video learning: smartphones as risk and intellectual values as protective factors. Sci Rep 2024; 14:16962. [PMID: 39043854 PMCID: PMC11266711 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67898-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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Distance video learning, especially with how-to videos, has become extremely popular. Whereas previous studies revealed note-taking as a prominent and promising support measure for video learning in the lab, we focus on note-taking while learning from a how-to video in a distance learning setting. Meanwhile, learners' digital distraction and smartphone usage have become widespread and excessive, potentially harming learning. We thus also aimed to analyze potential risk and protective factors associated with learning with how-to videos, such as smartphone usage time and intellectual values. We conducted an online field experiment involving 59 psychology students, who learned with a short how-to video on plumbing. We found that note-takers outperformed non-note-takers in a posttest about the video content. Furthermore, this note-taking effect on learning outcomes was mediated by learning engagement. Besides note-taking and intellectual values as contributing positively to learning outcomes, we also identified the mean daily smartphone usage time as a risk factor to learning. Overall, our results show how beneficial it is for students to take notes while learning with how-to videos in a distance learning setting. Conversely, learners should avoid digital distractions, in particular through smartphones.
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- Markus H Hefter
- Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Hu J, Chen Q, Lu D, He J. The impact of clock timing on VDT visual search performance under time constraint. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1369920. [PMID: 39077213 PMCID: PMC11284105 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1369920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
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Introduction Conducting Visual Display Terminal (VDT) visual search tasks under time constraint has broad applications in fields such as security checks, medical diagnostics, and rescue operations. While excessive time pressure can impair performance, moderate time pressure can motivate individuals to complete tasks and increase productivity. Investigating the positive impact of time pressure on visual search tasks has become a crucial area of study. Clock timing plays a vital role in the visual interface, influencing the perception of time pressure and impacting visual search performance. However, existing research has paid little attention to the induction of time pressure and the impact of clock timing in VDT visual interfaces on visual search performance. Hence, the objective of this study is to investigate the impact of clock timing on VDT visual search performance under time constraint. Methods The content of the experimental tasks was determined through a pilot experiment. The formal experiment was conducted in two phases over six sessions. Participants were tasked with locating the letter "E" embedded within the distractor letter "F," displayed with a clock area above the interface. The first phase of experiments included conditions of no clock, 4-min clock timing, and 4-min countdown clock timing. In the second phase of the experiment, the clock display method was a countdown clock, with three experiments conducted featuring long time, medium time, and short time. Search speed and accuracy were used as primary performance evaluation metrics to examine the impact of clock timing methods and duration on visual search performance. Twenty-one undergraduate students participated in the formal experiment. Results In the first phase of experiments, participants demonstrated significantly faster reaction times (RTs) in tasks where a clock display was present compared to tasks without (ANOVA, F(2, 60) = 4.588, P = 0.014). However, there were no significant differences in accuracy rates across different timing conditions (ANOVA, F(2, 60) = 0.146, P = 0.865), and no significant correlation between RTs and accuracy was found (Kendall's R = 0.11, P = 0.914). During the second phase, RTs decreased significantly as time constraints became more stringent (ANOVA, F(2, 60) = 7.564, P < 0.05). Conversely, accuracy rates decreased significantly under shorter time constraints (ANOVA, F(2, 60) = 4.315, P < 0.05), with a negative correlation observed between RTs and accuracy (Kendall's R = 0.220, P < 0.01). Discussion Compared to conditions without clock displays, having clock displays significantly improved the speed of the visual search task, although the difference in accuracy was not statistically significant. In the context of shorter clock countdown limits, Shorter timing constraints resulted in faster search speeds but also led to reduced accuracy and increased fatigue. Overall, a correlation exists between search speed and accuracy in visual tasks, where higher speed often correlates with lower accuracy. These findings provide valuable insights into clock timing design for visual search interfaces under time pressure.
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- Jiabin Hu
- School of Art and Design, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang, Hebei, China
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- School of Art and Design, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang, Hebei, China
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- School of Art and Design, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang, Hebei, China
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- School of Electronics and Information Engineering, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang, Hebei, China
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Garry M, Zajac R, Hope L, Salathé M, Levine L, Merritt TA. Hits and Misses: Digital Contact Tracing in a Pandemic. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2024; 19:675-685. [PMID: 37390338 PMCID: PMC10315505 DOI: 10.1177/17456916231179365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Traditional contact tracing is one of the most powerful weapons people have in the battle against a pandemic, especially when vaccines do not yet exist or do not afford complete protection from infection. But the effectiveness of contact tracing hinges on its ability to find infected people quickly and obtain accurate information from them. Therefore, contact tracing inherits the challenges associated with the fallibilities of memory. Against this backdrop, digital contact tracing is the "dream scenario"-an unobtrusive, vigilant, and accurate recorder of danger that should outperform manual contact tracing on every dimension. There is reason to celebrate the success of digital contact tracing. Indeed, epidemiologists report that digital contact tracing probably reduced the incidence of COVID-19 cases by at least 25% in many countries, a feat that would have been hard to match with its manual counterpart. Yet there is also reason to speculate that digital contact tracing delivered on only a fraction of its potential because it almost completely ignored the relevant psychological science. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of digital contact tracing, its hits and misses in the COVID-19 pandemic, and its need to be integrated with the science of human behavior.
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Portsmouth
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- School of Social Ecology, University California, Irvine
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Weis PP, Kunde W. Primacy Effects in Extended Cognitive Strategy Choice: Initial Speed Benefits Outweigh Later Speed Benefits. HUMAN FACTORS 2024; 66:1860-1878. [PMID: 37610362 PMCID: PMC11089827 DOI: 10.1177/00187208231195747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Human performers often recruit environment-based assistance to acquire or process information, such as relying on a smartphone app, a search engine, or a conversational agent. To make informed choices between several of such extended cognitive strategies, performers need to monitor the performance of these options. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we investigated whether participants monitor an extended cognitive strategy's performance-here, speed-more closely during initial as compared to later encounters. METHODS In three experiments, 737 participants were asked to first observe speed differences between two competing cognitive strategies-here, two competing algorithms that can obtain answers to trivia questions-and eventually choose between both strategies based on the observations. RESULTS Participants were sensitive to subtle speed differences and selected strategies accordingly. Most remarkably, even when participants performed identically with both strategies across all encounters, the strategy with superior speed in the initial encounters was preferred. Worded differently, participants exhibited a technology-use primacy effect. Contrarily, evidence for a recency effect was weak at best. CONCLUSION These results suggest that great care is required when performers are first acquainted with novel ways to acquire or process information. Superior initial performance has the potential to desensitize the performer for inferior later performance and thus prohibit optimal choice. APPLICATION Awareness of primacy enables users and designers of extended cognitive strategies to actively remediate suboptimal behavior originating in early monitoring episodes.
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- Patrick P. Weis
- Department of Psychology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Morin A, Grondin S. Mindfulness and time perception: A systematic integrative review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 162:105657. [PMID: 38583653 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Several recent studies have explored the relationships between mindfulness and time perception, an area of research that has become increasingly popular in the last 10-15 years. In this article, we present a systematic integrative review of the evidence on this subject. We also integrate the field's findings into a conceptual framework which considers the multifaceted nature of both mindfulness, and time perception research. To identify the relevant literature, we searched the following databases using relevant keywords: PsycINFO; Medline; EBSCO Host Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection; and Web of Science. These searches were last performed on the 4th of May 2022, and additional hand searches were also conducted. To be included, articles had to be in English and contain original data about the potential relationship(s) between mindfulness and time perception. Articles which did not present usable data about the relationship(s) between the variables of interest were excluded. In total, 47 research articles were included in the review (combined sample size of ∼5800 participants). Risks of bias in the selected studies were evaluated using two separate assessment tools designed for this purpose. Through an integrative narrative synthesis, this article reviews how mindfulness may relate to time perception for various reference frames, and for various time perception measures and methods. It also provides new insights by exploring how a wide range of findings can be integrated into a coherent whole, in light of some relevant time perception models and mindfulness theories. Altogether, the reviewed data suggest the existence of complex and multifaceted relationships between mindfulness and time perception, highlighting the importance of considering many factors when planning research or interpreting data in this field. Limitations of the current review include the scarceness of data for certain categories of findings, and the relatively low prevalence of studies with a randomized controlled design in the source literature. This research was partly funded by a grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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- André Morin
- École de psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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- École de psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Kim T, Rahimpour Jounghani A, Gozdas E, Hosseini SH. Cortical neurite microstructural correlates of time perception in healthy older adults. Heliyon 2024; 10:e32534. [PMID: 38975207 PMCID: PMC11225759 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024] Open
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The human experience is significantly impacted by timing as it structures how information is processed. Nevertheless, the neurological foundation of time perception remains largely unresolved. Understanding cortical microstructure related to timing is crucial for gaining insight into healthy aging and recognizing structural alterations that are typical of neurodegenerative diseases associated with age. Given the importance, this study aimed to determine the brain regions that are accountable for predicting time perception in older adults using microstructural measures of the brain. In this study, elderly healthy adults performed the Time-Wall Estimation task to measure time perception through average error time. We used support vector regression (SVR) analyses to predict the average error time using cortical neurite microstructures derived from orientation dispersion and density imaging based on multi-shell diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI). We found significant correlations between observed and predicted average error times for neurite arborization (ODI) and free water (FISO). Neurite arborization and free water properties in specific regions in the medial and lateral prefrontal, superior parietal, and medial and lateral temporal lobes were among the most significant predictors of timing ability in older adults. Further, our results revealed that greater branching along with lower free water in cortical structures result in shorter average error times. Future studies should assess whether these same networks are contributing to time perception in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and whether degeneration of these networks contribute to early diagnosis or detection of dementia.
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- C-BRAIN Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1520 Page Mill Rd., Stanford, CA, 94304-5795, United States
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- C-BRAIN Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1520 Page Mill Rd., Stanford, CA, 94304-5795, United States
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Rafiezadeh M, Tashk A, Mafi F, Hosseinzadeh P, Sheibani V, Ghasemian S. Error modulates categorization of subsecond durations in multitasking contexts. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2024; 88:1253-1271. [PMID: 38492086 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-024-01945-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Monitoring errors consumes limited cognitive resources and can disrupt subsequent task performance in multitasking scenarios. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence concerning this interference with prospective estimation of time. In this study, we sought to investigate this issue through a serial multitasking experiment, employing a temporal bisection task as the primary task. We introduced two task contexts by implementing two different concurrent tasks. In one context, participants were tasked with discriminating the size difference between two visual items, while in the other context, they were required to judge the temporal order of similar visual items. The primary task remained the same for the entire experiment. Psychophysical metrics, including subjective bias (determined by the bisection point) and temporal sensitivity (measured by the Weber ratio), in addition to reaction time, remained unaltered in the primary task regardless of the perceptual context exerted by the concurrent tasks. However, commission of error in the concurrent tasks (i.e., non-specific errors) led to a right-ward shift in the bisection point, indicating underestimation of time after errors. Applying a drift-diffusion framework for temporal decision making, we observed alterations in the starting point and drift rate parameters, supporting the error-induced underestimation of time. The error-induced effects were all diminished with increasing a delay between the primary and concurrent task, indicating an adaptive response to errors at a trial level. Furthermore, the error-induced shift in the bisection point was diminished in the second half of the experiment, probably because of a decline in error significance and subsequent monitoring response. These findings indicate that non-specific errors impact the prospective estimation of time in multitasking scenarios, yet their effects can be alleviated through both local and global reallocation of cognitive resources from error processing to time processing.
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- Maryam Rafiezadeh
- Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities & Literature, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Humanities & Literature, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
- Cognitive Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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Marrero K, Aruljothi K, Delgadillo C, Kabbara S, Swatch L, Zagha E. Goal-Directed Learning is Multidimensional and Accompanied by Diverse and Widespread Changes in Neocortical Signaling. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.02.13.528412. [PMID: 36824924 PMCID: PMC9948952 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.13.528412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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New tasks are often learned in stages with each stage reflecting a different learning challenge. Accordingly, each learning stage is likely mediated by distinct neuronal processes. And yet, most rodent studies of the neuronal correlates of goal-directed learning focus on individual outcome measures and individual brain regions. Here, we longitudinally studied mice from naïve to expert performance in a head-fixed, operant conditioning whisker discrimination task. In addition to tracking the primary behavioral outcome of stimulus discrimination, we tracked and compared an array of object-based and temporal-based behavioral measures. These behavioral analyses identify multiple, partially overlapping learning stages in this task, consistent with initial response implementation, early stimulus-response generalization, and late response inhibition. To begin to understand the neuronal foundations of these learning processes, we performed widefield Ca2+ imaging of dorsal neocortex throughout learning and correlated behavioral measures with neuronal activity. We found distinct and widespread correlations between neocortical activation patterns and various behavioral measures. For example, improvements in sensory discrimination correlated with target stimulus evoked activations of licking-related cortices along with distractor stimulus evoked global cortical suppression. Our study reveals multidimensional learning for a simple goal-directed learning task and generates hypotheses for the neuronal modulations underlying these various learning processes.
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- Krista Marrero
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92521 USA
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue, Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Kondo HM, Gheorghiu E, Pinheiro AP. Malleability and fluidity of time perception. Sci Rep 2024; 14:12244. [PMID: 38811624 PMCID: PMC11137112 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62189-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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- Hirohito M Kondo
- School of Psychology, Chukyo University, 101-2 Yagoto Honmachi, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8666, Japan.
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Hallez Q, Balcı F. Memory capacity as the core mechanism of the development of space-time interferences in children. Sci Rep 2024; 14:10377. [PMID: 38710784 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61018-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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This study investigated the development of spatiotemporal perceptual interactions in 5-to-7 years old children. Participants reproduced the temporal and spatial interval between sequentially presented visual stimuli. The time and spacing between stimuli were experimentally manipulated. In addition, cognitive capacities were assessed using neuropsychological tests. Results revealed that starting at 5 years old, children exhibited spatial biases in their time estimations and temporal biases in their spatial estimations, pointing at space-time interference. In line with developmental improvement of temporal and spatial abilities, these spatiotemporal biases decreased with age. Importantly, short-term memory capacity was a predictor of space-time interference pointing to shared cognitive mechanisms between time and space processing. Our results support the symmetrical hypothesis that proposes a common neurocognitive mechanism for processing time and space.
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- Quentin Hallez
- Laboratoire Développement, Individu, Processus, Handicap, Éducation (DIPHE), Université Lumière Lyon 2, 5 Avenue Pierre Mendès France, 69500, Bron, France.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Cantarella G, Mioni G, Bisiacchi PS. Young adults and multisensory time perception: Visual and auditory pathways in comparison. Atten Percept Psychophys 2024; 86:1386-1399. [PMID: 37674041 PMCID: PMC11093818 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02773-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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The brain continuously encodes information about time, but how sensorial channels interact to achieve a stable representation of such ubiquitous information still needs to be determined. According to recent research, children show a potential interference in multisensory conditions, leading to a trade-off between two senses (sight and audition) when considering time-perception tasks. This study aimed to examine how healthy young adults behave when performing a time-perception task. In Experiment 1, we tested the effects of temporary sensory deprivation on both visual and auditory senses in a group of young adults. In Experiment 2, we compared the temporal performances of young adults in the auditory modality with those of two samples of children (sighted and sighted but blindfolded) selected from a previous study. Statistically significant results emerged when comparing the two pathways: young adults overestimated and showed a higher sensitivity to time in the auditory modality compared to the visual modality. Restricting visual and auditory input did not affect their time sensitivity. Moreover, children were more accurate at estimating time than young adults after a transient visual deprivation. This implies that as we mature, sensory deprivation does not constitute a benefit to time perception, and supports the hypothesis of a calibration process between senses with age. However, more research is needed to determine how this calibration process affects the developmental trajectories of time perception.
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- Giovanni Cantarella
- Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy.
- Padova Neuroscience Center, Padova, Italy.
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Schiros A, Antshel KM. Life in the fast lane: the role of temporal processing in risk-taking behaviors. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. ADULT 2024:1-9. [PMID: 38677717 DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2024.2346553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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An existing theoretical framework proposes that aberrant temporal processing and a fast internal clock, denoted by overestimation and under-reproduction of time, increases the likelihood of engagement in risky behaviors (ERB). The primary aim of this project was to improve our understanding of the relationship between temporal processing and ERB in college students. The present study used the Wittmann and Paulus (2008) theoretical framework to examine the associations between temporal processing and ERB in college students. College student participants (N = 215) completed self-report measures of ERB, delay aversion, inhibitory control, ADHD symptoms and objective cognitive time estimation and time reproduction tasks. Time estimation accuracy was significantly associated with lower engagement in sexual risk behaviors (OR = .988; 95% CI: .979, .996; p = .006) and aggressive behaviors (OR = .989; 95% CI: .980, .998; p = .018). Time reproduction was not significantly associated with ERB. The present study established preliminary support for the associations between aberrant temporal processing, namely aberrant time estimation, and ERB among college students.
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- Ashley Schiros
- Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Mokhtarinejad E, Tavakoli M, Ghaderi AH. Exploring the correlation and causation between alpha oscillations and one-second time perception through EEG and tACS. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8035. [PMID: 38580671 PMCID: PMC10997657 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57715-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
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Alpha oscillations have been implicated in time perception, yet a consensus on their precise role remains elusive. This study directly investigates this relationship by examining the impact of alpha oscillations on time perception. Resting-state EEG recordings were used to extract peak alpha frequency (PAF) and peak alpha power (PAP) characteristics. Participants then performed a time generalization task under transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at frequencies of PAF-2, PAF, and PAF+2, as well as a sham condition. Results revealed a significant correlation between PAP and accuracy, and between PAF and precision of one-second time perception in the sham condition. This suggests that alpha oscillations may influence one-second time perception by modulating their frequency and power. Interestingly, these correlations weakened with real tACS stimulations, particularly at higher frequencies. A second analysis aimed to establish a causal relationship between alpha peak modulation by tACS and time perception using repeated measures ANOVAs, but no significant effect was observed. Results were interpreted according to the state-dependent networks and internal clock model.
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- Ehsan Mokhtarinejad
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
- Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA
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Huntley MK, Nguyen A, Albrecht MA, Marinovic W. Tactile cues are more intrinsically linked to motor timing than visual cues in visual-tactile sensorimotor synchronization. Atten Percept Psychophys 2024; 86:1022-1037. [PMID: 38263510 PMCID: PMC11062975 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02828-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Many tasks require precise synchronization with external sensory stimuli, such as driving a car. This study investigates whether combined visual-tactile information provides additional benefits to movement synchrony over separate visual and tactile stimuli and explores the relationship with the temporal binding window for multisensory integration. In Experiment 1, participants completed a sensorimotor synchronization task to examine movement variability and a simultaneity judgment task to measure the temporal binding window. Results showed similar synchronization variability between visual-tactile and tactile-only stimuli, but significantly lower than visual only. In Experiment 2, participants completed a visual-tactile sensorimotor synchronization task with cross-modal stimuli presented inside (stimulus onset asynchrony 80 ms) and outside (stimulus-onset asynchrony 400 ms) the temporal binding window to examine temporal accuracy of movement execution. Participants synchronized their movement with the first stimulus in the cross-modal pair, either the visual or tactile stimulus. Results showed significantly greater temporal accuracy when only one stimulus was presented inside the window and the second stimulus was outside the window than when both stimuli were presented inside the window, with movement execution being more accurate when attending to the tactile stimulus. Overall, these findings indicate there may be a modality-specific benefit to sensorimotor synchronization performance, such that tactile cues are weighted more strongly than visual information as tactile information is more intrinsically linked to motor timing than visual information. Further, our findings indicate that the visual-tactile temporal binding window is related to the temporal accuracy of movement execution.
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- Michelle K Huntley
- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
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- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Western Australia Centre for Road Safety Research, School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Dalla Bella S, Foster NEV, Laflamme H, Zagala A, Melissa K, Komeilipoor N, Blais M, Rigoulot S, Kotz SA. Mobile version of the Battery for the Assessment of Auditory Sensorimotor and Timing Abilities (BAASTA): Implementation and adult norms. Behav Res Methods 2024; 56:3737-3756. [PMID: 38459221 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-024-02363-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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Timing and rhythm abilities are complex and multidimensional skills that are highly widespread in the general population. This complexity can be partly captured by the Battery for the Assessment of Auditory Sensorimotor and Timing Abilities (BAASTA). The battery, consisting of four perceptual and five sensorimotor tests (finger-tapping), has been used in healthy adults and in clinical populations (e.g., Parkinson's disease, ADHD, developmental dyslexia, stuttering), and shows sensitivity to individual differences and impairment. However, major limitations for the generalized use of this tool are the lack of reliable and standardized norms and of a version of the battery that can be used outside the lab. To circumvent these caveats, we put forward a new version of BAASTA on a tablet device capable of ensuring lab-equivalent measurements of timing and rhythm abilities. We present normative data obtained with this version of BAASTA from over 100 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 87 years in a test-retest protocol. Moreover, we propose a new composite score to summarize beat-based rhythm capacities, the Beat Tracking Index (BTI), with close to excellent test-retest reliability. BTI derives from two BAASTA tests (beat alignment, paced tapping), and offers a swift and practical way of measuring rhythmic abilities when research imposes strong time constraints. This mobile BAASTA implementation is more inclusive and far-reaching, while opening new possibilities for reliable remote testing of rhythmic abilities by leveraging accessible and cost-efficient technologies.
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- Simone Dalla Bella
- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), University of Montreal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada.
- University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), University of Montreal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), University of Montreal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), University of Montreal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), University of Montreal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), University of Montreal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
- Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM), Montreal, Canada
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- Euromov, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), University of Montreal, CP 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Departmentof Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO 616, 6200, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
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White PA. The perceptual timescape: Perceptual history on the sub-second scale. Cogn Psychol 2024; 149:101643. [PMID: 38452720 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2024.101643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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There is a high-capacity store of brief time span (∼1000 ms) which information enters from perceptual processing, often called iconic memory or sensory memory. It is proposed that a main function of this store is to hold recent perceptual information in a temporally segregated representation, named the perceptual timescape. The perceptual timescape is a continually active representation of change and continuity over time that endows the perceived present with a perceived history. This is accomplished primarily by two kinds of time marking information: time distance information, which marks all items of information in the perceptual timescape according to how far in the past they occurred, and ordinal temporal information, which organises items of information in terms of their temporal order. Added to that is information about connectivity of perceptual objects over time. These kinds of information connect individual items over a brief span of time so as to represent change, persistence, and continuity over time. It is argued that there is a one-way street of information flow from perceptual processing either to the perceived present or directly into the perceptual timescape, and thence to working memory. Consistent with that, the information structure of the perceptual timescape supports postdictive reinterpretations of recent perceptual information. Temporal integration on a time scale of hundreds of milliseconds takes place in perceptual processing and does not draw on information in the perceptual timescape, which is concerned with temporal segregation, not integration.
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- Peter A White
- School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Tower Building, Park Place, Cardiff, Wales CF10 3YG, United Kingdom.
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Cropper SJ, Little DR, Xu L, Bruno AM, Johnston A. Measuring the perception and metacognition of time. J Vis 2024; 24:5. [PMID: 38506794 PMCID: PMC10960227 DOI: 10.1167/jov.24.3.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024] Open
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The ability of humans to identify and reproduce short time intervals (in the region of a second) may be affected by many factors ranging from the gender and personality of the individual observer, through the attentional state, to the precise spatiotemporal structure of the stimulus. The relative roles of these very different factors are a challenge to describe and define; several methodological approaches have been used to achieve this to varying degrees of success. Here we describe and model the results of a paradigm affording not only a first-order measurement of the perceived duration of an interval but also a second-order metacognitive judgement of perceived time. This approach, we argue, expands the form of the data generally collected in duration-judgements and allows more detailed comparison of psychophysical behavior to the underlying theory. We also describe a hierarchical Bayesian measurement model that performs a quantitative analysis of the trial-by-trial data calculating the variability of the temporal estimates and the metacognitive judgments allowing direct comparison between an actual and an ideal observer. We fit the model to data collected for judgements of 750 ms (bisecting 1500 ms) and 1500 ms (bisecting 3000 ms) intervals across three stimulus modalities (visual, audio, and audiovisual). This enhanced form of data on a given interval judgement and the ability to track its progression on a trial-by-trial basis offers a way of looking at the different roles that subject-based, task-based and stimulus-based factors have on the perception of time.
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- Simon J Cropper
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK
- School of Psychology and Vision Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Goudini R, Zahiri A, Alizadeh S, Drury B, Anvar SH, Daneshjoo A, Behm DG. The Effects of Physical and Mental Fatigue on Time Perception. Sports (Basel) 2024; 12:59. [PMID: 38393279 PMCID: PMC10891994 DOI: 10.3390/sports12020059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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The perception of time holds a foundational significance regarding how we elucidate the chronological progression of events. While some studies have examined exercise effects on time perception during exercise periods, there are no studies investigating the effects of exercise fatigue on time perception after an exercise intervention. This study investigated the effects of physical and mental fatigue on time estimates over 30 s immediately post-exercise and 6 min post-test. Seventeen volunteers were subjected to three conditions: physical fatigue, mental fatigue, and control. All participants completed a familiarization session and were subjected to three 30 min experimental conditions (control, physical fatigue (cycling at 65% peak power output), and mental fatigue (Stroop task)) on separate days. Time perception, heart rate, and body temperature were recorded pre-test; at the start of the test; 5, 10, 20, 30 seconds into the interventions; post-test; and at the 6 min follow-up. Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) was recorded four times during the intervention. Physical fatigue resulted in a significant (p = 0.001) underestimation of time compared to mental fatigue and control conditions at the post-test and follow-up, with no significant differences between mental fatigue and control conditions. Heart rate, body temperature, and RPE were significantly (all p = 0.001) higher with physical fatigue compared to mental fatigue and control conditions during the intervention and post-test. This study demonstrated that cycling-induced fatigue led to time underestimation compared to mental fatigue and control conditions. It is crucial to consider that physical fatigue has the potential to lengthen an individual's perception of time estimates in sports or work environments.
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- Reza Goudini
- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada; (R.G.); (A.Z.); (S.H.A.)
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- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada; (R.G.); (A.Z.); (S.H.A.)
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada;
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- Sport & Exercise Science, Hartpury University, Gloucestershire GL19 3BE, UK;
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- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada; (R.G.); (A.Z.); (S.H.A.)
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- Department of Sport Injuries and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman 76169-13439, Iran;
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- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada; (R.G.); (A.Z.); (S.H.A.)
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Qu W, Yang Y, Zhou M, Fan W. Impact of self-control and time perception on intertemporal choices in gain and loss situations. Front Psychol 2024; 14:1324146. [PMID: 38406261 PMCID: PMC10884325 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1324146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Individuals frequently encounter dilemmas in which they must choose between smaller, immediate gains and larger, delayed rewards; this phenomenon is known as intertemporal choice. The present study analyzed the interplay of trait and state self-control and time perception tendencies (time overestimation vs. time underestimation) and how it influences the rates of selecting immediate options in both gain and loss situations by conducting an intertemporal choice task. Experiment 1 was used to explore the impact of trait self-control and time perception on intertemporal choices within gain and loss situations. In Experiment 2, the e-crossing task was used to induce self-control resource depletion in participants and to investigate the impact of self-control resources and time perception on intertemporal choices in gain and loss situations. The results indicate that (1) compared with the high-self-control group, the low-self-control group exhibited a greater tendency to choose immediate options. Additionally, the high time estimation group was more likely to opt for immediate choices than the low time estimation group was. Furthermore, participants were more likely to select immediate options in the loss situation than in the gain situation. (2) In the gain situation, the high time estimation group was more likely to choose immediate options than was the low time estimation group. However, in the loss situation, the difference between the two groups was nonsignificant. (3) Time perception and gain-loss situations exerted a moderating mediating effect on the impact of self-control resources on intertemporal choices. These findings shed light on the influence of both self-control abilities and self-control resources on intertemporal choices. They provide valuable insights into intertemporal decision behaviors across diverse contexts and indicate the need for rational analysis based on one's current state to mitigate cognitive biases to ensure individuals can maximize benefits in their daily lives.
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- Weiguo Qu
- Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
- Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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Xu Z, Si W, Ren Y, Jiang Y, Guo T. Effect of tempo on the age-related changes in temporal expectation driven by rhythms. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297368. [PMID: 38329980 PMCID: PMC10852340 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Temporal expectation refers to the capacity to allocate resources at a particular point in time, enabling us to enhance our behavior performance. Empirical evidence indicates that, among younger adults, temporal expectation can be driven by rhythm (i.e., regular sequences of stimuli). However, whether there are age-related changes in rhythm-based temporal expectation has not been clearly established. Furthermore, whether tempo can influence the relationship between rhythm-based temporal expectation and aging remains unexplored. To address these questions, both younger and older participants took part in a rhythm-based temporal expectation task, engaging three distinct tempos: 600 ms (fast), 1800 ms (moderate), or 3000 ms (slow). The results demonstrated that temporal expectation effects (i.e., participants exhibited significantly faster responses during the regular trials compared to the irregular trials) were observed in both the younger and older participants under the moderate tempo condition. However, in the fast and slow tempo conditions, the temporal expectation effects were solely observed in the younger participants. These findings revealed that rhythm-based temporal expectations can be preserved during aging but within a specific tempo range. When the tempo falls within the range of either being too fast or too slow, it can manifest age-related declines in temporal expectations driven by rhythms.
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- Zhihan Xu
- Department of Foreign Language, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Foreign Language, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Psychology, Medical Humanities College, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China
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- Department of Foreign Language, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Foreign Language, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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Schmitter CV, Straube B. Facilitation of sensorimotor temporal recalibration mechanisms by cerebellar tDCS in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and healthy individuals. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2627. [PMID: 38297015 PMCID: PMC10830570 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53148-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Core symptoms in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD), like hallucinations or ego-disturbances, have been associated with a failure of internal forward models to predict the sensory outcomes of self-generated actions. Importantly, forward model predictions must also be able to flexibly recalibrate to changing environmental conditions, for example to account for additional delays between action and outcome. We investigated whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be used to improve these sensorimotor temporal recalibration mechanisms in patients and healthy individuals. While receiving tDCS on the cerebellum, temporo-parietal junction, supplementary motor area, or sham stimulation, patients with SSD and healthy control participants were repeatedly exposed to delays between actively or passively elicited button presses and auditory outcomes. Effects of this procedure on temporal perception were assessed with a delay detection task. Similar recalibration outcomes and faciliatory effects of cerebellar tDCS on recalibration were observed in SSD and healthy individuals. Our findings indicate that sensorimotor recalibration mechanisms may be preserved in SSD and highlight the importance of the cerebellum in both patients and healthy individuals for this process. They further suggest that cerebellar tDCS could be a promising tool for addressing deficits in action-outcome monitoring and related adaptive sensorimotor processes in SSD.
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- Christina V Schmitter
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Strasse 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany.
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 6, 35032, Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Rudolf-Bultmann-Strasse 8, 35039, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 6, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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Wang X, Burger B, Wöllner C. Tapping to drumbeats in an online experiment changes our perception of time and expressiveness. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2024; 88:127-140. [PMID: 37300705 PMCID: PMC10806225 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-023-01835-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bodily movements along with music, such as tapping, are not only very frequent, but may also have a profound impact on our perception of time and emotions. The current study adopted an online tapping paradigm to investigate participants' time experiences and expressiveness judgements when they tapped and did not tap to a series of drumming performances that varied in tempo and rhythmic complexity. Participants were asked to judge durations, passage of time (PoT), and the expressiveness of the performances in two conditions: (1) Observing only, (2) Observing and tapping regularly to the perceived beats. Results show that tapping trials passed subjectively faster and were partially (in slow- and medium-tempo conditions) perceived shorter compared to the observing-only trials. Increases in musical tempo (in tapping trials) and in complexity led to faster PoT, potentially due to distracted attentional resources for the timing task. Participants' musical training modulated the effects of complexity on the judgments of expressiveness. In addition, increases in tapping speed led to duration overestimation among the less musically trained participants. Taken together, tapping to music may have altered the internal clock speed, affecting the temporal units accumulated in the pacemaker-counter model.
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- Xinyue Wang
- Institute of Systematic Musicology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Systematic Musicology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Systematic Musicology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- University of Music Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Bratzke D, Hansen A. How does it feel? Passage of time judgments in speeded RT performance. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2024; 88:141-147. [PMID: 37402016 PMCID: PMC10805817 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-023-01854-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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The relationship between duration perception and the feeling of time passing (passage of time) is not yet understood. In the present study, we assessed introspective reaction times (RT) and passage of time judgments in a speeded RT task. Task difficulty was manipulated in a numerical comparison task by numerical distance (distance from the number 45) and notation (digit vs. word). The results showed that both effects were reflected in introspective RTs, replicating previous results. Moreover, passage of time judgments showed a very similar pattern, with slower passage of time for more difficult comparisons. These results suggest that in the millisecond range judgments of duration and passage of time largely mirror each other when participants introspect about their own RT performance.
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- Daniel Bratzke
- Department of Psychology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Wang W, Tong Y, Yin X, Bao Y. Diurnal rhythm of temporal reproduction in the visual field. Chronobiol Int 2024; 41:304-308. [PMID: 38230410 DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2024.2305657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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The perception of short-term temporal intervals has been suggested to be modulated by the circadian clock, yet systematic studies investigating this relationship are scarce. In this study, we examined the diurnal variations in temporal reproduction around 2-3 seconds with different stimulus eccentricities. Eighteen female participants completed a visual temporal reproduction task at nine time points throughout the day. The results showed significant interactions between clock time and duration, implying diurnal rhythmic variations in temporal reproduction. The reproduction of shorter duration (1500 ms) was overestimated with its highest accuracy in the morning, while the reproduction of longer duration (4500 ms) was underestimated with an approximate 3-hour advancement in acrophase than the shorter duration (1500 ms). No significant eccentricity effects were observed, suggesting homogenous temporal processing across visual fields. The results suggest the presence of diurnal rhythms in the perception of short-term temporal durations, confirming a two-process model of time perception operating within a 2-3 second time window.
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- Wei Wang
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Ongchoco JDK, Wong KW, Scholl BJ. What's next?: Time is subjectively dilated not only for 'oddball' events, but also for events immediately after oddballs. Atten Percept Psychophys 2024; 86:16-21. [PMID: 37872431 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02800-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Our experience of time is strikingly plastic: Depending on contextual factors, the same objective duration can seem to fly by or drag on. Perhaps the most direct demonstration of such subjective time dilation is the oddball effect: when seeing identical objects appear one after another, followed by an "oddball" (e.g., a disc that suddenly grows in size, in a sequence of otherwise static discs), observers experience this oddball as having lasted longer than its nonoddball counterparts. Despite extensive work on this phenomenon, a surprisingly foundational question remains unasked: What actually gets dilated? Beyond the oddball, are the objects just before (or just after) the oddball also dilated? As in previous studies, observers viewed sequences of colored discs, one of which could be the oddball-and subsequently reproduced the oddball's duration. Unlike previous studies, however, there were also critical trials in which observers instead reproduced the duration of the disc immediately before or after the oddball. A clear pattern emerged: oddball-induced time dilation extended to the post-oddball disc, but not the pre-oddball disc. Whence this temporal asymmetry? We suggest that an oddball's sudden appearance may induce uncertainty about what will happen next, heightening attention until after the uncertainty is resolved.
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- Joan Danielle K Ongchoco
- Department of Psychology, Yale University, Box 208205, New Haven, CT, 06520-8205, USA.
- Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, Box 208205, New Haven, CT, 06520-8205, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, Box 208205, New Haven, CT, 06520-8205, USA.
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Moradi N, Rajabi S, Mansouri Nejad A. The effect of neurofeedback training combined with computer cognitive games on the time perception, attention, and working memory in children with ADHD. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. CHILD 2024; 13:24-36. [PMID: 36002025 DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2022.2112679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of neurofeedback (NF) based on quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) and SmartMind game on the time perception, attention, and working memory of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) through an experimental design. METHOD Using a purposive sampling method, 32 male students diagnosed with ADHD were selected and then randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group received the treatment (NF + SmartMind) for 30 weekly sessions. Children's performances on a time perception test, a Continuous Performance Test (CPT), and a Wechsler working memory test (WISC) were examined before and after the intervention. RESULTS A significant difference was observed between the mean scores of the pretest and post-test for the experimental group, implying that NF training improved short-time perception and long-time perception attention in CPT test: omission error component, Correct Response component, and working memory: Visual forward component. However, the treatment did not have a significant effect on the commission error component (CPT), working memory in terms of the visual reverse, auditory reverse, and auditory forward components. CONCLUSION NF combined with computer cognitive games (CCGs) can improve time perception, attention, and working memory in children with ADHD.
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- Department of English Language Teaching, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
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Metcalfe KB, McFeaters CD, Voyer D. Time-Perception Deficits in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dev Neuropsychol 2024; 49:1-24. [PMID: 38145491 DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2023.2293712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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The present meta-analysis quantified the deficit in time perception in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) throughout the lifespan and examined potential moderators of this deficit. Our sample of 824 effect sizes showed a mean g of 0.688 that was moderated by the age of the sample and working memory. Separate moderator analyses for samples below or above the age of 18 showed that the link with working memory only applied to the samples below the age of 18, whereas an effect of ADHD subtype only applied to samples 18 and above. The discussion highlights the implications for remediation and avenues for future research.
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- Kate B Metcalfe
- Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada
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Bao X, Gu Z, Yang J, Li Y, Wang D, Tian Y. Duration perception in peripheral vision: Underestimation increases with greater stimuli eccentricity. Atten Percept Psychophys 2024; 86:237-247. [PMID: 38087157 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02822-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Duration perception plays a fundamental role in our daily visual activities; however, it can be easily distorted, even in the retinal location. While this topic has been extensively investigated in central vision, similar exploration in peripheral vision is still at an early stage. To investigate the influence of eccentricity, a commonly used indicator for quantifying retinal location, on duration perception in peripheral vision, we conducted two psychophysical experiments. In Experiment 1, we observed that the retinal location influenced the Point of Subjective Equality (PSE) but not the Weber Fraction (WF) of stimuli appearing at eccentricities ranging from 30° to 70°. Except at 30°, the PSEs were significantly longer than 416.7 ms (25 frames), which was the duration of standard stimuli. This suggested that participants underestimated duration, and this underestimation increased with greater distance from the central fixation point on the retina. To eliminate the potential interference of the central task used in Experiment 1, we conducted a supplementary experiment (Experiment 2) that demonstrated that this central task did not change the underestimation (PSE) but did influence the sensitivity (WF) at an eccentricity of 50°. In summary, our findings revealed a compressive effect of eccentricity on duration perception in peripheral vision: as stimuli appeared more peripheral on the retina, there was an increasing underestimation of subjective duration. Reasons and survival advantages of this underestimation are discussed. Findings provide new insight on duration perception in peripheral vision, highlighting an expanding compressive underestimation effect with greater eccentricity.
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- Xinle Bao
- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing, 100094, China
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- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing, 100094, China
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Grondin S. The Processing of Short Time Intervals: Some Critical Issues. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2024; 1455:35-50. [PMID: 38918345 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60183-5_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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Humans have the capability to make judgments about the relative duration of time intervals with accuracy (correct perceived duration) and precision (low variability). However, this capability has limitations, some of which are discussed in the present chapter. These limitations, either in terms of accuracy or precision, are obvious when there are changes in the physical characteristics of the stimuli used to mark the intervals to be judged. The characteristics are the structure (filled vs. empty) of the intervals and the sensory origin of the stimuli used to mark them. The variability of time estimates also depends on the use of single intervals by opposition to the use of sequences of intervals, and on the duration range under investigation. In addition to the effect caused by the physical characteristics of the stimuli, the perceived duration also relies on the way of presenting successive stimuli and on whether the intervals are marked by a single source or by different sources with distance (spatial effect) between them.
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- Simon Grondin
- École de psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
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Teghil A, Boccia M, Di Vita A, Zazzaro G, Sepe Monti M, Trebbastoni A, Talarico G, Campanelli A, Bruno G, Guariglia C, de Lena C, D'Antonio F. Multidimensional assessment of time perception along the continuum of Alzheimer's Disease and evidence of alterations in subjective cognitive decline. Sci Rep 2023; 13:22117. [PMID: 38092802 PMCID: PMC10719320 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49222-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Timing alterations occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD), even in early stages (mild cognitive impairment, MCI). Moreover, a stage named subjective cognitive decline (SCD), in which individuals perceive a change in cognitive performance not revealed by neuropsychological tests, has been identified as a preclinical phase of AD. However, no study to date has investigated different dimensions of time processing along the continuum from physiological to pathological aging, and whether timing alterations occur in SCD. Here a sample of participants with SCD, MCI, AD and healthy controls (HC) performed tasks assessing prospective duration estimation, production, reproduction, implicit temporal learning in conditions dependent from external cues (externally-cued learning, ECL) or independent from external cues (internally-based learning, IBL), retrospective duration estimation, the subjective experience of time and the temporal collocation of events. AD patients performed worse than HC and SCD in prospective timing, and in collocating events in time. The subjective experience of time did not differ between groups. Concerning temporal learning, AD performed worse in ECL than in IBL, whereas SCD performed worse in IBL than in ECL. SCD, MCI and AD patients all showed errors greater than HC in retrospective duration estimation. Results point to implicit temporal learning in externally-cued conditions and retrospective time estimation as possible early markers of cognitive decline.
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- Alice Teghil
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy.
- Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation and Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation and Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza" University of Rome, Via Dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation and Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation and Neuroimaging Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy
- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Caman MB, Bek S, Aksu S, Kutlu G. The effects of Vagal Nerve Stimulation on time perception in epilepsy patients. J Clin Neurosci 2023; 118:163-167. [PMID: 37948913 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effects of switching off stimulation on time perception in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who underwent Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS). In accordance with the literature, a cognitive battery of tests for motor timing and perceptual timing was utilized. Computerized time perception tests; Paced Motor Timing Test, Duration Discrimination Test, Temporal Reproduction Test, and Time Estimation Test were administered to the patients while VNS was on and off. A total of 14 patients who met the inclusion criteria of 23 VNS patients followed in the Epilepsy Outpatient Clinic were included in the study. In the Temporal Reproduction Test, for time durations of 1000 ms (ms), 2000 ms, 3000 ms, 4000 ms, and 5000 ms the comparison of reported time values between VNS on and VNS off yielded respective p values; p = 0.73, p = 0.03, p = 0.176, p = 0.418, p = 0,873. The reported time is thus significantly shorter only for 2000 ms when the VNS was on. Positive effect of VNS on attention, alertness and focusing are expected to cause acceleration of the internal clock resulting in perceiving time running slower than actual. In our study, it was concluded that the internal clock runs faster when the VNS is on, and time is perceived as running slower than it actually is. This result can also be accepted as an indirect indicator of increased attention in the period when VNS is on.
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- Mahmut Bilal Caman
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
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Schmitter CV, Kufer K, Steinsträter O, Sommer J, Kircher T, Straube B. Neural correlates of temporal recalibration to delayed auditory feedback of active and passive movements. Hum Brain Mapp 2023; 44:6227-6244. [PMID: 37818950 PMCID: PMC10619381 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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When we perform an action, its sensory outcomes usually follow shortly after. This characteristic temporal relationship aids in distinguishing self- from externally generated sensory input. To preserve this ability under dynamically changing environmental conditions, our expectation of the timing between action and outcome must be able to recalibrate, for example, when the outcome is consistently delayed. Until now, it remains unclear whether this process, known as sensorimotor temporal recalibration, can be specifically attributed to recalibration of sensorimotor (action-outcome) predictions, or whether it may be partly due to the recalibration of expectations about the intersensory (e.g., audio-tactile) timing. Therefore, we investigated the behavioral and neural correlates of temporal recalibration and differences in sensorimotor and intersensory contexts. During fMRI, subjects were exposed to delayed or undelayed tones elicited by actively or passively generated button presses. While recalibration of the expected intersensory timing (i.e., between the tactile sensation during the button movement and the tones) can be expected to occur during both active and passive movements, recalibration of sensorimotor predictions should be limited to active movement conditions. Effects of this procedure on auditory temporal perception and the modality-transfer to visual perception were tested in a delay detection task. Across both contexts, we found recalibration to be associated with activations in hippocampus and cerebellum. Context-dependent differences emerged in terms of stronger behavioral recalibration effects in sensorimotor conditions and were captured by differential activation pattern in frontal cortices, cerebellum, and sensory processing regions. These findings highlight the role of the hippocampus in encoding and retrieving newly acquired temporal stimulus associations during temporal recalibration. Furthermore, recalibration-related activations in the cerebellum may reflect the retention of multiple representations of temporal stimulus associations across both contexts. Finally, we showed that sensorimotor predictions modulate recalibration-related processes in frontal, cerebellar, and sensory regions, which potentially account for the perceptual advantage of sensorimotor versus intersensory temporal recalibration.
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- Christina V. Schmitter
- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MarburgMarburgHesseGermany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB)University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University GiessenMarburgHesseGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MarburgMarburgHesseGermany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB)University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University GiessenMarburgHesseGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MarburgMarburgHesseGermany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB)University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University GiessenMarburgHesseGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MarburgMarburgHesseGermany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB)University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University GiessenMarburgHesseGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MarburgMarburgHesseGermany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB)University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University GiessenMarburgHesseGermany
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- Department of Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of MarburgMarburgHesseGermany
- Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB)University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University GiessenMarburgHesseGermany
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Buonomano DV, Buzsáki G, Davachi L, Nobre AC. Time for Memories. J Neurosci 2023; 43:7565-7574. [PMID: 37940593 PMCID: PMC10634580 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1430-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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The ability to store information about the past to dynamically predict and prepare for the future is among the most fundamental tasks the brain performs. To date, the problems of understanding how the brain stores and organizes information about the past (memory) and how the brain represents and processes temporal information for adaptive behavior have generally been studied as distinct cognitive functions. This Symposium explores the inherent link between memory and temporal cognition, as well as the potential shared neural mechanisms between them. We suggest that working memory and implicit timing are interconnected and may share overlapping neural mechanisms. Additionally, we explore how temporal structure is encoded in associative and episodic memory and, conversely, the influences of episodic memory on subsequent temporal anticipation and the perception of time. We suggest that neural sequences provide a general computational motif that contributes to timing and working memory, as well as the spatiotemporal coding and recall of episodes.
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- Dean V Buonomano
- Department of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095
- Integrative Center for Learning and Memory, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90025
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- Neuroscience Institute and Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York 10016
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
- Center for Clinical Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York 10962
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, United Kingdom
- Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
- Wu Tsai Center for Neurocognition and Behavior, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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Mioni G, Zangrossi A, Cipolletta S. Me, myself and you: How self-consciousness influences time perception. Atten Percept Psychophys 2023; 85:2626-2636. [PMID: 37563512 PMCID: PMC10600286 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-023-02767-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Several investigations have shown that the processing of self-relevant information differs from processing objective information. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of social stimuli on subjective time processing. Here, social stimuli are images of an unknown male and female person and an image of participants' self. Forty university students were tested with a time reproduction task in which they were asked to reproduce the duration of the stimulus previously presented. Images of others or themselves were used to mark the temporal intervals. Participants also performed questionnaires to evaluate the level of anxiety and depression as well as self-consciousness. A generalised linear mixed-effects model approach was adopted. Results showed that male participants with higher Private Self-Consciousness scores showed higher time perception accuracy than females. Also, female participants reported higher scores for the Public Self-Consciousness subscale than male participants. The findings are discussed in terms of social context models of how attention is solicited and arousal is generated by social stimuli, highlighting the effect of social context on subjective perception of time.
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- Giovanna Mioni
- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy
- Padova Neuroscience Center (PNC), University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy
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Hinault T, D'Argembeau A, Bowler DM, La Corte V, Desaunay P, Provasi J, Platel H, Tran The J, Charretier L, Giersch A, Droit-Volet S. Time processing in neurological and psychiatric conditions. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2023; 154:105430. [PMID: 37871780 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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A central question in understanding cognition and pathology-related cognitive changes is how we process time. However, time processing difficulties across several neurological and psychiatric conditions remain seldom investigated. The aim of this review is to develop a unifying taxonomy of time processing, and a neuropsychological perspective on temporal difficulties. Four main temporal judgments are discussed: duration processing, simultaneity and synchrony, passage of time, and mental time travel. We present an integrated theoretical framework of timing difficulties across psychiatric and neurological conditions based on selected patient populations. This framework provides new mechanistic insights on both (a) the processes involved in each temporal judgement, and (b) temporal difficulties across pathologies. By identifying underlying transdiagnostic time-processing mechanisms, this framework opens fruitful avenues for future research.
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- Thomas Hinault
- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Research University, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14032 Caen, France.
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- Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Research Unit, University of Liège, F.R.S-FNRS, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Autism Research Group, City, University of London, EC1V 0HB London, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition (MC2Lab), UR 7536, Université de Paris cité, 92774 Boulogne-Billancourt, France; Institut Universitaire de France, 75231 Paris, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Research University, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14032 Caen, France; Service de Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, CHU de Caen, 14000 Caen, France
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- CHArt laboratory (Human and Artificial Cognition), EPHE-PSL, 75014 Paris, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Research University, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14032 Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Research University, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14032 Caen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, PSL Research University, EPHE, INSERM, U1077, CHU de Caen, GIP Cyceron, Neuropsychologie et Imagerie de la Mémoire Humaine, 14032 Caen, France
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- Cognitive Neuropsychology and Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia Laboratory, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, University of Strasbourg, 67081 Strasbourg, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, LAPSCO, CNRS, UMR 6024, 60032 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Azizi L, Polti I, van Wassenhove V. Spontaneous α Brain Dynamics Track the Episodic "When". J Neurosci 2023; 43:7186-7197. [PMID: 37704373 PMCID: PMC10601376 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0816-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Across species, neurons track time over the course of seconds to minutes, which may feed the sense of time passing. Here, we asked whether neural signatures of time-tracking could be found in humans. Participants stayed quietly awake for a few minutes while being recorded with magnetoencephalography (MEG). They were unaware they would be asked how long the recording lasted (retrospective time) or instructed beforehand to estimate how long it will last (prospective timing). At rest, rhythmic brain activity is nonstationary and displays bursts of activity in the alpha range (α: 7-14 Hz). When participants were not instructed to attend to time, the relative duration of α bursts linearly predicted individuals' retrospective estimates of how long their quiet wakefulness lasted. The relative duration of α bursts was a better predictor than α power or burst amplitude. No other rhythmic or arrhythmic activity predicted retrospective duration. However, when participants timed prospectively, the relative duration of α bursts failed to predict their duration estimates. Consistent with this, the amount of α bursts was discriminant between prospective and retrospective timing. Last, with a control experiment, we demonstrate that the relation between α bursts and retrospective time is preserved even when participants are engaged in a visual counting task. Thus, at the time scale of minutes, we report that the relative time of spontaneous α burstiness predicts conscious retrospective time. We conclude that in the absence of overt attention to time, α bursts embody discrete states of awareness constitutive of episodic timing.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The feeling that time passes is a core component of consciousness and episodic memory. A century ago, brain rhythms called "α" were hypothesized to embody an internal clock. However, rhythmic brain activity is nonstationary and displays on-and-off oscillatory bursts, which would serve irregular ticks to the hypothetical clock. Here, we discovered that in a given lapse of time, the relative bursting time of α rhythms is a good indicator of how much time an individual will report to have elapsed. Remarkably, this relation only holds true when the individual does not attend to time and vanishes when attending to it. Our observations suggest that at the scale of minutes, α brain activity tracks episodic time.
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- Leila Azizi
- Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, NeuroSpin, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif/Yvette 91191, France
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway 7030
- Department of Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany D-04103
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- Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, NeuroSpin, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif/Yvette 91191, France
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Momtaz S, Moncrieff D, Ray MA, Bidelman GM. Children with amblyaudia show less flexibility in auditory cortical entrainment to periodic non-speech sounds. Int J Audiol 2023; 62:920-926. [PMID: 35822427 PMCID: PMC10026530 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2094289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We investigated auditory temporal processing in children with amblyaudia (AMB), a subtype of auditory processing disorder (APD), via cortical neural entrainment. DESIGN AND STUDY SAMPLES Evoked responses were recorded to click-trains at slow vs. fast (8.5 vs. 14.9/s) rates in n = 14 children with AMB and n = 11 age-matched controls. Source and time-frequency analyses (TFA) decomposed EEGs into oscillations (reflecting neural entrainment) stemming from bilateral auditory cortex. RESULTS Phase-locking strength in AMB depended critically on the speed of auditory stimuli. In contrast to age-matched peers, AMB responses were largely insensitive to rate manipulations. This rate resistance occurred regardless of the ear of presentation and in both cortical hemispheres. CONCLUSIONS Children with AMB show less rate-related changes in auditory cortical entrainment. In addition to reduced capacity to integrate information between the ears, we identify more rigid tagging of external auditory stimuli. Our neurophysiological findings may account for domain-general temporal processing deficits commonly observed in AMB and related APDs behaviourally. More broadly, our findings may inform communication strategies and future rehabilitation programmes; increasing the rate of stimuli above a normal (slow) speech rate is likely to make stimulus processing more challenging for individuals with AMB/APD.
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- Sara Momtaz
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
- Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Köllnberger K, Bogon J, Dreisbach G. Binding time: Investigations on the integration of visual stimulus duration. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 2023; 76:2312-2328. [PMID: 36377802 PMCID: PMC10503244 DOI: 10.1177/17470218221140751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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The perception of and reaction to objects creates bindings of (object) features and responses, also called event files. In this context, time is a so far understudied feature. We conducted four experiments to investigate whether the duration of visual stimuli is also integrated into such event files. Experiments 1, 2, and 4 used a simple colour classification task and in Experiment 3 the location of a stimulus had to be classified. In all Experiments, the presentation duration of the stimuli (coloured circles) was either short (20 ms) or long (300 ms). We expected partial repetition costs as an indicator of binding. That is, performance should be better when both colour (Experiment 3: location) and duration repeat or alternate relative to partial repetitions. Results showed no partial repetition costs in Experiments 1 and 3, indicating no integration of duration into visual event files. Experiments 2 and 4 revealed partial repetition costs. Performance was better when Colour and Duration repeated compared with a partial repetition. What distinguishes the latter two experiments from the former is that the coloured stimuli could change their presentation location. The results of all four experiments show a pattern that duration can be integrated into visual event files depending on two criteria: The experimental context holds the possibility of a location change of the target stimulus (Experiments 2 and 4) and the location itself is not response relevant (Experiment 3). The role of location changes for the integration of temporal stimulus features into visual event files is discussed.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Media Informatics Group, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Robbe D. Lost in time: Relocating the perception of duration outside the brain. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2023; 153:105312. [PMID: 37467906 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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It is well-accepted in neuroscience that animals process time internally to estimate the duration of intervals lasting between one and several seconds. More than 100 years ago, Henri Bergson nevertheless remarked that, because animals have memory, their inner experience of time is ever-changing, making duration impossible to measure internally and time a source of change. Bergson proposed that quantifying the inner experience of time requires its externalization in movements (observed or self-generated), as their unfolding leaves measurable traces in space. Here, studies across species are reviewed and collectively suggest that, in line with Bergson's ideas, animals spontaneously solve time estimation tasks through a movement-based spatialization of time. Moreover, the well-known scalable anticipatory responses of animals to regularly spaced rewards can be explained by the variable pressure of time on reward-oriented actions. Finally, the brain regions linked with time perception overlap with those implicated in motor control, spatial navigation and motivation. Thus, instead of considering time as static information processed by the brain, it might be fruitful to conceptualize it as a kind of force to which animals are more or less sensitive depending on their internal state and environment.
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- David Robbe
- Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée (INMED), INSERM, Marseille, France; Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
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Ewald VAM, Trapp NT, Sarrett ME, Pace BD, Wendt L, Richards JG, Gala IK, Miller JN, Wessel JR, Magnotta VA, Wemmie JA, Boes AD, Parker KL. Supra-second interval timing in bipolar disorder: examining the role of disorder sub-type, mood, and medication status. Int J Bipolar Disord 2023; 11:32. [PMID: 37779127 PMCID: PMC10542629 DOI: 10.1186/s40345-023-00312-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Widely reported by bipolar disorder (BD) patients, cognitive symptoms, including deficits in executive function, memory, attention, and timing are under-studied. Work suggests that individuals with BD show impairments in interval timing tasks, including supra-second, sub-second, and implicit motor timing compared to the neuronormative population. However, how time perception differs within individuals with BD based on disorder sub-type (BDI vs II), depressed mood, or antipsychotic medication-use has not been thoroughly investigated. The present work administered a supra-second interval timing task concurrent with electroencephalography (EEG) to patients with BD and a neuronormative comparison group. As this task is known to elicit frontal theta oscillations, signal from the frontal (Fz) lead was analyzed at rest and during the task. RESULTS Results suggest that individuals with BD show impairments in supra-second interval timing and reduced frontal theta power during the task compared to neuronormative controls. However, within BD sub-groups, neither time perception nor frontal theta differed in accordance with BD sub-type, depressed mood, or antipsychotic medication use. CONCLUSIONS This work suggests that BD sub-type, depressed mood status or antipsychotic medication use does not alter timing profile or frontal theta activity. Together with previous work, these findings point to timing impairments in BD patients across a wide range of modalities and durations indicating that an altered ability to assess the passage of time may be a fundamental cognitive abnormality in BD.
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive W276GH, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1057, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive W276GH, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1057, USA
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- Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive W276GH, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1057, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive W276GH, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1057, USA
- Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive W276GH, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1057, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive W276GH, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1057, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive W276GH, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1057, USA.
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Cantarella G, Vianello G, Vezzadini G, Frassinetti F, Ciaramelli E, Candini M. Time bisection and reproduction: Evidence for a slowdown of the internal clock in right brain damaged patients. Cortex 2023; 167:303-317. [PMID: 37595392 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
Abstract
Previous studies show that the right hemisphere is involved in time processing, and that damage to the right hemisphere is associated with a tendency to perceive time intervals as shorter than they are, and to reproduce time intervals as longer than they are. Whether time processing deficits following right hemisphere damage are related and what is their neurocognitive basis is unclear. In this study, right brain damaged (RBD) patients, left brain damaged (LBD) patients, and healthy controls underwent a time bisection task and a time reproduction task involving time intervals varying between each other by milliseconds (short durations) or seconds (long durations). The results show that in the time bisection task RBD patients underestimated time intervals compared to LBD patients and healthy controls, while they reproduced time intervals as longer than they are. Time underestimation and over-reproduction in RBD patients applied to short but not long time intervals, and were correlated. Voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping (VLSM) showed that time underestimation was associated with lesions to a right cortico-subcortical network involving the insula and inferior frontal gyrus. A small portion of this network was also associated with time over-reproduction. Our findings are consistent with a slowdown of an 'internal clock' timing mechanism following right brain damage, which likely underlies both the underestimation and the over-reproduction of time intervals, and their (overlapping) neural bases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Giovanni Cantarella
- Department of Psychology 'Renzo Canestrari', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Center for Studies and Research of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Castel Goffredo, Italy
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- Department of Psychology 'Renzo Canestrari', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Castel Goffredo, Italy
| | - Elisa Ciaramelli
- Department of Psychology 'Renzo Canestrari', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Center for Studies and Research of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy.
| | - Michela Candini
- Department of Psychology 'Renzo Canestrari', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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