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Su ZH, Patel S, Bredemeyer O, FitzGerald JJ, Antoniades CA. Parkinson’s disease deficits in time perception to auditory as well as visual stimuli – A large online study. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:995438. [DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.995438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cognitive deficits are common in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and range from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, often dramatically reducing quality of life. Physiological models have shown that attention and memory are predicated on the brain’s ability to process time. Perception has been shown to be increased or decreased by activation or deactivation of dopaminergic neurons respectively. Here we investigate differences in time perception between patients with PD and healthy controls. We have measured differences in sub-second- and second-time intervals. Sensitivity and error in perception as well as the response times are calculated. Additionally, we investigated intra-individual response variability and the effect of participant devices on both reaction time and sensitivity. Patients with PD have impaired sensitivity in discriminating between durations of both visual and auditory stimuli compared to healthy controls. Though initially designed as an in-person study, because of the pandemic the experiment was adapted into an online study. This adaptation provided a unique opportunity to enroll a larger number of international participants and use this study to evaluate the feasibility of future virtual studies focused on cognitive impairment. To our knowledge this is the only time perception study, focusing on PD, which measures the differences in perception using both auditory and visual stimuli. The cohort involved is the largest to date, comprising over 800 participants.
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Kogutek D, Ready E, Holmes JD, Grahn JA. Synchronization during Improvised Active Music Therapy in clients with Parkinson’s disease. NORDIC JOURNAL OF MUSIC THERAPY 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2107054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Demian Kogutek
- Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, London, ON, Canada
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- Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Elborn College, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology and Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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