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Wang X, Shi S, Bao Y. Parallel processes of temporal control in the supplementary motor area and the frontoparietal circuit. Psych J 2024; 13:355-368. [PMID: 38105556 PMCID: PMC11169752 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.701] [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: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
Durations in the several seconds' range are cognitively accessible during active timing. Functional neuroimaging studies suggest the engagement of the basal ganglia (BG) and supplementary motor area (SMA). However, their functional relevance and arrangement remain unclear because non-timing cognitive processes temporally coincide with the active timing. To examine the potential contamination by parallel processes, we introduced a sensory control and a motor control to the duration-reproduction task. By comparing their hemodynamic functions, we decomposed the neural activities in multiple brain loci linked to different cognitive processes. Our results show a dissociation of two cortical neural circuits: the SMA for both active timing and motor preparation, followed by a prefrontal-parietal circuit related to duration working memory. We argue that these cortical processes represent duration as the content but at different levels of abstraction, while the subcortical structures, including the BG and thalamus, provide the logistic basis of timing by coordinating the temporal framework across brain structures.
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- Xuanyu Wang
- School of Psychological and Cognitive SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Graduate School of Systemic NeurosciencesLudwig‐Maximilians‐Universität MünchenMunichGermany
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive SciencesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
- Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität MünchenMunichGermany
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental HealthPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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Bao Y, Zhang D, Zhao C, Pöppel E, Zabotkina V. An Aesthetic Frame for Three Modes of Knowing. Psych J 2022; 11:636-644. [DOI: 10.1002/pchj.588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yan Bao
- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Medical Psychology Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Munich Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Munich Germany
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- Institute of Medical Psychology Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Munich Germany
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Peking University Beijing China
- Institute of Medical Psychology Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Munich Germany
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- Russian State University of the Humanities Moscow Russia
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Yang T, Li X, Li Y, Pöppel E, Bao Y. Temporal twilight zone and beyond: Timing mechanisms in consciously delayed actions. Psych J 2020; 9:791-803. [PMID: 33249767 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Precise timing is essential for many kinds of human behavior. When a fastest response is not required, movements are initiated at the appropriate time requiring an anticipatory temporal component. Temporal mechanisms for movements with such an anticipatory component are not yet sufficiently understood; in particular, it is not known whether on the operational level for delayed movements distinct time windows are used or whether anticipatory control is characterized by continuous temporal processing. With a modified reaction-time paradigm, we asked participants to act with predefined time delays between 400 and 5000 ms; after each individual trial, a numerical feedback was provided which allowed correction of the response time for each next trial. Visual stimuli (Experiment 1) and auditory stimuli (Experiment 2) were used. In the statistical analyses, piecewise linear models and exponential decay models for the response variability of different delay times were compared. These analyses favored piecewise linear models; a decreasing variability with increasing delay of voluntary controlled actions was observed up to ~1 s, followed by close to constant variability beyond this delay. We suggest that precise temporal control of voluntary delayed movements is reached only after a "temporal twilight zone" of ~1 s, which apparently marks a temporal border between two different timing mechanisms.
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- Taoxi Yang
- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.,Parmenides Center for Art and Science, Pullach, Germany
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.,Parmenides Center for Art and Science, Pullach, Germany
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Medical Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.,Human Science Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.,Parmenides Center for Art and Science, Pullach, Germany.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Martin B, Franck N, Cermolacce M, Falco A, Benair A, Etienne E, Weibel S, Coull JT, Giersch A. Fragile temporal prediction in patients with schizophrenia is related to minimal self disorders. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8278. [PMID: 28811493 PMCID: PMC5557764 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07987-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia have difficulty in making sensory predictions, in the time domain, which have been proposed to be related to self-disorders. However experimental evidence is lacking. We examined both voluntary and automatic forms of temporal prediction in 28 patients and 24 matched controls. A visual cue predicted (temporal cue) or not (neutral cue) the time (400 ms/1000 ms) at which a subsequent target was presented. In both patients and controls, RTs were faster for targets presented after long versus short intervals due to the temporal predictability inherent in the elapse of time ("hazard function"). This RT benefit was correlated with scores on the EASE scale, which measures disorders of the self: patients with a high 'self-awareness and presence' score did not show any significant benefit of the hazard function, whereas this ability was preserved in patients with a low score. Moreover, all patients were abnormally sensitive to the presence of "catch" trials (unexpected absence of a target) within a testing block, with RTs actually becoming slower at long versus short intervals. These results indicate fragility in patients' ability to continuously extract temporally predictive information from the elapsing interval. This deficit might contribute to perturbations of the minimal self in patients.
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- Brice Martin
- Centre Ressource de Réhabilitation psychosociale et de remédiation cognitive, Centre Référent Lyonnais en Réhabilitation et en Remédiation cognitive (CL3R) Hôpital du Vinatier; CNRS UMR 5229, Lyon, France
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- Centre Ressource de Réhabilitation psychosociale et de remédiation cognitive, Centre Référent Lyonnais en Réhabilitation et en Remédiation cognitive (CL3R) Hôpital du Vinatier; CNRS UMR 5229, Lyon, France
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- Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ste Marguerite, 13009, Marseille, France
- Laboratoire des Neurosciences Cognitives (UMR 7291), Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille cedex 3, France
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- Centre Ressource de Réhabilitation psychosociale et de remédiation cognitive, Centre Référent Lyonnais en Réhabilitation et en Remédiation cognitive (CL3R) Hôpital du Vinatier; CNRS UMR 5229, Lyon, France
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- Centre Ressource de Réhabilitation psychosociale et de remédiation cognitive, Centre Référent Lyonnais en Réhabilitation et en Remédiation cognitive (CL3R) Hôpital du Vinatier; CNRS UMR 5229, Lyon, France
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- Centre Ressource de Réhabilitation psychosociale et de remédiation cognitive, Centre Référent Lyonnais en Réhabilitation et en Remédiation cognitive (CL3R) Hôpital du Vinatier; CNRS UMR 5229, Lyon, France
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- INSERM U1114, Pôle de Psychiatrie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire of Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire des Neurosciences Cognitives (UMR 7291), Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS, 3 Place Victor Hugo, 13331, Marseille cedex 3, France
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- INSERM U1114, Pôle de Psychiatrie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire of Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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