About this Research Topic
Time is one of the necessary dimensions of the physical world. Time perception and time experience are considered by some researchers to be the basis of psychological processes. However, the relationship between subjective time and physical time is not a simple linear relationship, because the former is always affected by various cognitive and social-contextual factors. Regarding their brain mechanism, time perception and time experience require the activation of many cortical (e.g., prefrontal lobe, SMA, parietal lobe) and subcortical (e.g., striatum, thalamus) areas. Previous studies have also found that there are abnormalities in the time perception and time experience due to psychiatric disorders (e.g., depression, ADHD, substance use disorders, schizophrenia). In recent years, some researchers have proposed that time perception may be one of the new cognitive markers for the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. However, the cognitive and brain mechanisms of temporal abnormalities in the people suffering from these disorders are still unclear, and the research on its relationship with other cognitive impairments is not deep enough.
Therefore, this topic aims to advance our understanding of time perception and time experience in psychiatric disorders. We encourage researchers to explore this topic using questionnaires, behavioral, EEG/ERP, fMRI, fNIRS, brain modulation (e.g., tDCS and TMS), and other techniques. We also encourage investigators to explore the relationship between the psychology of time and other socio-cognitive impairments (e.g., attention, working memory, impulsivity, delay discounting, decision-making) specifically in reference to psychiatric disorders.
Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
Time perception in psychiatric disorders,
Time stress in psychiatric disorders,
Time perspective in psychiatric disorders,
Cognitive and brain mechanisms of temporal impairments,
Treatment of temporal impairments,
Relationship between temporal impairment and other socio-cognitive functions (e.g., attention, working memory, impulsivity, delay discounting, decision-making)
Therefore, this topic aims to advance our understanding of time perception and time experience in psychiatric disorders. We encourage researchers to explore this topic using questionnaires, behavioral, EEG/ERP, fMRI, fNIRS, brain modulation (e.g., tDCS and TMS), and other techniques. We also encourage investigators to explore the relationship between the psychology of time and other socio-cognitive impairments (e.g., attention, working memory, impulsivity, delay discounting, decision-making) specifically in reference to psychiatric disorders.
Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
Time perception in psychiatric disorders,
Time stress in psychiatric disorders,
Time perspective in psychiatric disorders,
Cognitive and brain mechanisms of temporal impairments,
Treatment of temporal impairments,
Relationship between temporal impairment and other socio-cognitive functions (e.g., attention, working memory, impulsivity, delay discounting, decision-making)
Keywords: time perception, time experience, psychiatric disorders, socio-cognitive impairments, cognitive and brain mechanisms
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