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Kotz SAE, Schwartze M. Differential input of the supplementary motor area to a dedicated temporal processing network: functional and clinical implications. Front Integr Neurosci 2011; 5:86. [PMID: 22363269 PMCID: PMC3277277 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Sonja A E Kotz
- Minerva Research Group "Neurocognition of Rhythm in Communication," Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany
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Functional dissociation of pre-SMA and SMA-proper in temporal processing. Neuroimage 2011; 60:290-8. [PMID: 22178297 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The ability to assess temporal structure is crucial in order to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Increasing evidence suggests that the supplementary motor area (SMA) is involved in both sensory and sensorimotor processing of temporal structure. However, it is not entirely clear whether the structural differentiation of the SMA translates into functional specialization, and how the SMA relates to other systems that engage in temporal processing, namely the cerebellum and cortico-striatal circuits. Anatomically, the SMA comprises at least two subareas, the rostral pre-SMA and the caudal SMA-proper. Each displays a characteristic pattern of connections to motor and non-motor structures. Crucially, these connections establish a potential hub among cerebellar and cortico-striatal systems, possibly forming a dedicated subcortico-cortical temporal processing network. To further explore the functional role of each SMA subarea, we performed a meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies by contrasting activations according to whether they linked with either sensory, sensorimotor, sequential, non-sequential, explicit, non-explicit, subsecond, or suprasecond temporal processing. This procedure yielded a set of functional differences, which mirror the rostro-caudal anatomical dimension. Activations associated with sensory, non-sequential, and suprasecond temporal processing tend to locate to the rostral SMA, while the opposite is true for the caudal SMA. These findings confirm a functional dissociation of pre-SMA and SMA-proper in temporal processing.
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Gorea A. Ticks per thought or thoughts per tick? A selective review of time perception with hints on future research. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 105:153-63. [PMID: 21963529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The last decade underwent a revival of interest in the perception of time and duration. The present short essay does not compete with the many other recent reviews and books on this topic. Instead, it is meant to emphasize the notion that humans (and most likely other animals) have at their disposal more than one time measuring device and to propose that they use these devices jointly to appraise the passage of time. One possible consequence of this conjecture is that the same physical duration can be judged differently depending on the reference 'clock' used in any such judgment. As this view has not yet been tested empirically, several experimental manipulations susceptible to directly test it are suggested. Before, are summarized a number of its latent precursors, namely the relativity of perceived duration, current trends in modeling time perception and its neural and pharmacological substrate, the experimental literature supporting the existence of multiple 'clocks' and a selected number of experimental manipulations known to induce time perception illusions which together with many others are putatively accountable in terms of alternative clock readings.
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- Andrei Gorea
- Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité and CNRS, 45 rue des Saints Pères, 75006 Paris, France.
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Brown BL, Höhn S, Faure A, von Hörsten S, Le Blanc P, Desvignes N, El Massioui N, Doyère V. Temporal sensitivity changes with extended training in a bisection task in a transgenic rat model. Front Integr Neurosci 2011; 5:44. [PMID: 22102835 PMCID: PMC3215300 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The present study investigated temporal perception in a Huntington disease transgenic rat model using a temporal bisection procedure. After initial discrimination training in which animals learned to press one lever after a 2-s tone duration, and the other lever after a 8-s tone duration for food reward, the bisection procedure was implemented in which intermediate durations with no available reinforcement were interspersed with trials with the anchor durations. Bisection tests were repeated in a longitudinal design from 4 to 8 months of age. The results showed that response latencies evolved from a monotonic step-function to an inverted U-shaped function with repeated testing, a precursor of non-responding on trials with intermediate durations. We inferred that temporal sensitivity and incentive motivation combined to control the transformation of the bisection task from a two-choice task at the outset of testing to a three-choice task with repeated testing. Changes in the structure of the task and/or continued training were accompanied by improvement in temporal sensitivity. In sum, the present data highlight the possible joint roles of temporal and non-temporal factors in the temporal bisection task, and suggested that non-temporal factors may compensate for deficits in temporal processing.
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- Bruce L Brown
- Department of Psychology, Queens College Flushing, NY, USA
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In the present review, we focus on how commonalities in the ontogenetic development of the auditory and tactile sensory systems may inform the interplay between these signals in the temporal domain. In particular, we describe the results of behavioral studies that have investigated temporal resolution (in temporal order, synchrony/asynchrony, and simultaneity judgment tasks), as well as temporal numerosity perception, and similarities in the perception of frequency across touch and hearing. The evidence reviewed here highlights features of audiotactile temporal perception that are distinctive from those seen for other pairings of sensory modalities. For instance, audiotactile interactions are characterized in certain tasks (e.g., temporal numerosity judgments) by a more balanced reciprocal influence than are other modality pairings. Moreover, relative spatial position plays a different role in the temporal order and temporal recalibration processes for audiotactile stimulus pairings than for other modality pairings. The effect exerted by both the spatial arrangement of stimuli and attention on temporal order judgments is described. Moreover, a number of audiotactile interactions occurring during sensory-motor synchronization are highlighted. We also look at the audiotactile perception of rhythm and how it may be affected by musical training. The differences emerging from this body of research highlight the need for more extensive investigation into audiotactile temporal interactions. We conclude with a brief overview of some of the key issues deserving of further research in this area.
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Allman MJ, Meck WH. Pathophysiological distortions in time perception and timed performance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 135:656-77. [PMID: 21921020 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Distortions in time perception and timed performance are presented by a number of different neurological and psychiatric conditions (e.g. Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism). As a consequence, the primary focus of this review is on factors that define or produce systematic changes in the attention, clock, memory and decision stages of temporal processing as originally defined by Scalar Expectancy Theory. These findings are used to evaluate the Striatal Beat Frequency Theory, which is a neurobiological model of interval timing based upon the coincidence detection of oscillatory processes in corticostriatal circuits that can be mapped onto the stages of information processing proposed by Scalar Timing Theory.
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- Melissa J Allman
- Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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The function of dopaminergic neural signal transmission in auditory pulse perception: evidence from dopaminergic treatment in Parkinson's patients. Behav Brain Res 2011; 225:270-5. [PMID: 21787806 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Revised: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Auditory pulse perception, which is the perception of relatively salient and regularly appearing events in an acoustic sequence, is a necessary function in humans and has been suggested to rely on basal ganglia function. Our study investigated the effect dopamine depletion has on the auditory pulse perception in Parkinson's disease (PD). We examined PD patients and healthy seniors in this study, and all participants performed a pulse perception task and a motor control task. The pulse perception task consisted of a two alternative forced choice task in which subjects had to identify stimuli as metrical or non-metrical. We tested PD patients before and after the administration of l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanin (l-DOPA). The healthy control group performed the same tasks twice. PD patients that were dopamine depleted performed the pulse perception task equally well and as fast as did the healthy control group. However, after the administration of l-DOPA, PD patients performed the pulse perception task significantly faster than they did before the pharmacological intervention, which showed that pulse perception can be modulated by dopaminergic stimulation. These findings indicate that pulse perception relies on dopaminergic mechanisms but is not affected by dopamine depletion in the early stages of PD.
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Kliegel M, Altgassen M, Hering A, Rose NS. A process-model based approach to prospective memory impairment in Parkinson's disease. Neuropsychologia 2011; 49:2166-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Revised: 01/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Macdonald PA, Monchi O. Differential effects of dopaminergic therapies on dorsal and ventral striatum in Parkinson's disease: implications for cognitive function. PARKINSONS DISEASE 2011; 2011:572743. [PMID: 21437185 PMCID: PMC3062097 DOI: 10.4061/2011/572743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cognitive abnormalities are a feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). Unlike motor symptoms that are clearly improved by dopaminergic therapy, the effect of dopamine replacement on cognition seems paradoxical. Some cognitive functions are improved whereas others are unaltered or even hindered. Our aim was to understand the effect of dopamine replacement therapy on various aspects of cognition. Whereas dorsal striatum receives dopamine input from the substantia nigra (SN), ventral striatum is innervated by dopamine-producing cells in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). In PD, degeneration of SN is substantially greater than cell loss in VTA and hence dopamine-deficiency is significantly greater in dorsal compared to ventral striatum. We suggest that dopamine supplementation improves functions mediated by dorsal striatum and impairs, or heightens to a pathological degree, operations ascribed to ventral striatum. We consider the extant literature in light of this principle. We also survey the effect of dopamine replacement on functional neuroimaging in PD relating the findings to this framework. This paper highlights the fact that currently, titration of therapy in PD is geared to optimizing dorsal striatum-mediated motor symptoms, at the expense of ventral striatum operations. Increased awareness of contrasting effects of dopamine replacement on dorsal versus ventral striatum functions will lead clinicians to survey a broader range of symptoms in determining optimal therapy, taking into account both those aspects of cognition that will be helped versus those that will be hindered by dopaminergic treatment.
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- Penny A Macdonald
- Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Harrington DL, Castillo GN, Greenberg PA, Song DD, Lessig S, Lee RR, Rao SM. Neurobehavioral mechanisms of temporal processing deficits in Parkinson's disease. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17461. [PMID: 21364772 PMCID: PMC3045463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD) disrupts temporal processing, but the neuronal sources of deficits and their response to dopamine (DA) therapy are not understood. Though the striatum and DA transmission are thought to be essential for timekeeping, potential working memory (WM) and executive problems could also disrupt timing. METHODOLOGY/FINDINGS The present study addressed these issues by testing controls and PD volunteers 'on' and 'off' DA therapy as they underwent fMRI while performing a time-perception task. To distinguish systems associated with abnormalities in temporal and non-temporal processes, we separated brain activity during encoding and decision-making phases of a trial. Whereas both phases involved timekeeping, the encoding and decision phases emphasized WM and executive processes, respectively. The methods enabled exploration of both the amplitude and temporal dynamics of neural activity. First, we found that time-perception deficits were associated with striatal, cortical, and cerebellar dysfunction. Unlike studies of timed movement, our results could not be attributed to traditional roles of the striatum and cerebellum in movement. Second, for the first time we identified temporal and non-temporal sources of impaired time perception. Striatal dysfunction was found during both phases consistent with its role in timekeeping. Activation was also abnormal in a WM network (middle-frontal and parietal cortex, lateral cerebellum) during encoding and a network that modulates executive and memory functions (parahippocampus, posterior cingulate) during decision making. Third, hypoactivation typified neuronal dysfunction in PD, but was sometimes characterized by abnormal temporal dynamics (e.g., lagged, prolonged) that were not due to longer response times. Finally, DA therapy did not alleviate timing deficits. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our findings indicate that impaired timing in PD arises from nigrostriatal and mesocortical dysfunction in systems that mediate temporal and non-temporal control-processes. However, time perception impairments were not improved by DA treatment, likely due to inadequate restoration of neuronal activity and perhaps corticostriatal effective-connectivity.
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- Deborah L Harrington
- Research, Neurology, and Radiology Services, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America.
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Coull JT, Cheng RK, Meck WH. Neuroanatomical and neurochemical substrates of timing. Neuropsychopharmacology 2011; 36:3-25. [PMID: 20668434 PMCID: PMC3055517 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 508] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We all have a sense of time. Yet, there are no sensory receptors specifically dedicated for perceiving time. It is an almost uniquely intangible sensation: we cannot see time in the way that we see color, shape, or even location. So how is time represented in the brain? We explore the neural substrates of metrical representations of time such as duration estimation (explicit timing) or temporal expectation (implicit timing). Basal ganglia (BG), supplementary motor area, cerebellum, and prefrontal cortex have all been linked to the explicit estimation of duration. However, each region may have a functionally discrete role and will be differentially implicated depending upon task context. Among these, the dorsal striatum of the BG and, more specifically, its ascending nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway seems to be the most crucial of these regions, as shown by converging functional neuroimaging, neuropsychological, and psychopharmacological investigations in humans, as well as lesion and pharmacological studies in animals. Moreover, neuronal firing rates in both striatal and interconnected frontal areas vary as a function of duration, suggesting a neurophysiological mechanism for the representation of time in the brain, with the excitatory-inhibitory balance of interactions among distinct subtypes of striatal neuron serving to fine-tune temporal accuracy and precision.
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- Jennifer T Coull
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie de la Cognition, Pole 3C, Université de Provence and CNRS, Marseille, France.
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Droit-Volet S. Speeding up a master clock common to time, number and length? Behav Processes 2010; 85:126-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 06/18/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Gabriel Mounir D, Debbané M, Schaer M, Glaser B, Eliez S. [Time processing in the velo-cardio-facial syndrome (22q11) and its link with the caudate nucleus]. Encephale 2010; 37 Suppl 1:S42-9. [PMID: 21600333 DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2010.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 03/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) is a neurogenetic disorder caused by a microdeletion on chromosome 22q11. Among other cognitive impairments and learning difficulties, affected individuals show difficulties in estimating time intervals (Debbané et al., 2005). Interestingly, neuroimaging studies have found an increased volume of the basal ganglia of people with VCFS (Eliez et al., 2002; Kates et al., 2004; Campbell et al., 2006). Given that the caudate nucleus represents a central component of the cerebral network underlying temporal perception skills, the present report proposes to examine potential relationships between cerebral alteration to the caudate nucleus and time estimation in individuals with VCFS. METHODS A group of 30 patients with VCFS and 38 age-matched healthy individuals participated in time perception and time reproduction tasks. In the time perception task, individuals listened to two sequential stimuli and had to choose the longer of both stimuli by pressing a button. In the time reproduction task, subjects listened to a succession of sounds and once this succession had stopped they had to reproduce the same rhythm with their dominant index. Cerebral MRI images were also obtained for each participant. A manual tracing procedure was performed to measure the basal ganglia volume. RESULTS Participants with VCFS demonstrated significantly poorer performances during the time perception and time reproduction tasks in comparison to the control participants. Further, increased volume of the caudate nucleus was found in individuals with VCFS. Correlational analyses revealed a significant relationship between the caudate nucleus's volume and the performances obtained in the time perception task for control participants. This correlation was not found for individuals with VCFS. CONCLUSION The present results suggest that cerebral alterations to the caudate nucleus in VCFS may alter the temporal perception function it sustains.
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- D Gabriel Mounir
- Unité de recherche, service médicopédagogique, département de psychiatrie, faculté de médecine, université de Genève, Suisse.
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Jones CRG, Jahanshahi M. The substantia nigra, the basal ganglia, dopamine and temporal processing. JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION. SUPPLEMENTUM 2010:161-71. [PMID: 20411776 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-92660-4_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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It has been proposed that the basal ganglia are important to the temporal processing of milliseconds- and seconds-range intervals, both within the motor and perceptual domains. This review summarizes and discuses evidence from animal, pharmacological, clinical, and imaging research that supports this proposal, with particular reference to the role of the substantia nigra (SN).
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- Catherine R G Jones
- Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK.
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Timing and time perception: A review of recent behavioral and neuroscience findings and theoretical directions. Atten Percept Psychophys 2010; 72:561-82. [PMID: 20348562 DOI: 10.3758/app.72.3.561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 490] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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AbstractCohen Kadosh & Walsh (CK&W) present convincing evidence indicating the existence of notation-specific numerical representations in parietal cortex. We suggest that the same conclusions can be drawn for a particular type of numerical representation: the representation of time. Notation-dependent representations need not be limited to number but may also be extended to other magnitude-related contents processed in parietal cortex (Walsh 2003).
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Droit-Volet S, Izaute M. Improving time discrimination in children and adults in a temporal bisection task: The effects of feedback and no forced choice on decision and memory processes. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 2009; 62:1173-88. [DOI: 10.1080/17470210802384180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In children aged 5 and 8 years old as well as in adults, Experiment 1 tested the effect of feedback on temporal performance using a bisection task. Experiment 2 added a no-forced-choice condition by giving the participants the possibility of responding “I don't know”. The results of Experiment 1 showed that providing feedback increased the bisection point value (point of subjective equality) in all age groups and increased sensitivity to time in the youngest children. The results of Experiment 2 showed that the proportion of “I don't know” responses peaked at the probe duration close to the arithmetic mean of the two anchor durations and decreased as the distance from this central value increased in both the adults and the 8-year-olds. In the 5-year-olds, the proportion of “I don't know” responses was lower and remained constant whatever the probe duration values. Unlike in the youngest children, giving the adults and the 8-year-olds the opportunity to respond “I don't know” increased their sensitivity to time. The modelling of our data suggests that providing feedback in a temporal bisection task affects both the memory and the decision processes. However, whereas the feedback-related effect had a similar effect on decision processes across the age groups, it had an opposite effect on memory processes in the 5-year-olds and the older participants, decreasing the variability of the memory representation of the anchor durations in the former while increasing it in the latter. Finally, in bisection, feedback only improved temporal performance when the memory for duration was imprecise as in the case of the children.
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- Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Jones CR, Malone TJ, Dirnberger G, Edwards M, Jahanshahi M. Basal ganglia, dopamine and temporal processing: Performance on three timing tasks on and off medication in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Cogn 2008; 68:30-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Revised: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Wild-Wall N, Willemssen R, Falkenstein M, Beste C. Time estimation in healthy ageing and neurodegenerative basal ganglia disorders. Neurosci Lett 2008; 442:34-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.06.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Revised: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 06/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Wearden J, Smith-Spark J, Cousins R, Edelstyn N, Cody F, O’Boyle D. Stimulus timing by people with Parkinson’s disease. Brain Cogn 2008; 67:264-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 01/29/2008] [Accepted: 01/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Impairments in timing, temporal memory, and reversal learning linked to neurotoxic regimens of methamphetamine intoxication. Brain Res 2007; 1186:255-66. [PMID: 17996849 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2007] [Revised: 09/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/03/2007] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Methamphetamine intoxication has long-term consequences on dopaminergic function and corticostriatal-mediated behaviors in humans and other animals. In order to determine the potential impact on timing and temporal memory, we examined methamphetamine dose regimens that have been linked to neurotoxicity in adult (8 months) male rats. Rats that were given repetitive, high-dose methamphetamine (3.0 mg/kg ip x 4 injections/2 h) or saline injections were trained on a 2-s vs 8-s bisection procedure using auditory and visual signal durations. Following the high-dose regimen, baseline timing performance was reestablished prior to the rats' receiving reversal training in which the spatial/temporal mapping of the anchor durations (2 s and 8 s) to response options (left or right lever) was reversed. Low-dose methamphetamine (0.5 mg/kg ip) or saline injections were subsequently used to evaluate the effectiveness of the neurotoxic doses in terms of modifying the horizontal leftward shifts associated with increases in clock speed. Overall, the results indicate that MAP intoxication leads to reduced auditory/visual differences in clock speed, deficits in reversal learning, distortions in temporal memory, and lowered dopaminergic regulation of clock speed consistent with damage to prefrontal cortex and corticostriatal circuitry.
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