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ERIC Number: EJ765019
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jun
Pages: 6
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-2626
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Optokinetic Stimulation Affects Temporal Estimation in Healthy Humans
Vicario, Carmelo Mario; Caltagirone, Carlo; Oliveri, Massimiliano
Brain and Cognition, v64 n1 p68-73 Jun 2007
The representation of time and space are closely linked in the cognitive system. Optokinetic stimulation modulates spatial attention in healthy subjects and patients with spatial neglect. In order to evaluate whether optokinetic stimulation could influence time perception, a group of healthy subjects performed "time-comparison" tasks of sub- and supra-second intervals before and after leftward or rightward optokinetic stimulation. Subjective time perception was biased by the direction of optokinetic stimulation. Rightward optokinetic stimulation induced an overestimation of time perception compared with baseline and leftward optokinetic stimulation. These results indicate a directional bias in time perception induced by manipulation of spatial attention and could argue for a mental linear representation of time intervals.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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