Stroke me for longer this touch feels too short: The effect of pleasant touch on temporal perception

Ogden, Ruth S.; Moore, David; Redfern, Leanne; McGlone, Francis

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2015.07.006

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“…This theory therefore suggests that arousal originating from a different sense to the to-be-timed stimulus may have less capacity to modulate time processing in other modalities. This suggestion is supported by the observation that emotional distortions to time are often observed in studies where duration and emotion are presented in the same modality (Droit-Volet et al, 2011) but absent or inconsistent in studies in which they are presented in different modalities (Ogden et al, 2015;van Hedger et al, 2017).…”

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“…For example, fear induced by a short film has been found to lengthen the perceived duration of neutral stimuli in a subsequent temporal bisection task (Droit-Volet, Fayolle & Gil, 2011). However, experiencing negatively valenced tactile stimulation (unpleasant rough touch to the arm) does not affect the perceived duration of concurrently presented neutral visual stimulus (Ogden et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 94%

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The relationship between pain-induced autonomic arousal and perceived duration.

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Mirams²,

Poole³

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The relationship between pain-induced autonomic arousal and perceived duration.

Piovesan¹,

Mirams²,

Poole³

et al. 2019

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“…In a preliminary study, we tested another unpleasant and pleasant stimulation, namely stroking over a distance of 15 cm with either a soft paintbrush or a pointed wooden stick. This approach was inspired by the procedure used by Ogden et al (2015) to examine the effect of pleasant and unpleasant tactile stimulations on time judgment. However, the results were similar, with the valence of the tactile stimulation having no significant effect on time judgment.…”

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Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self

Droit‐Volet

Monceau

Dambrun

et al. 2020

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Using an out-of-body paradigm, the present study provided further empirical evidence for the theory of embodied time by suggesting that the body-self plays a key role in time judgments. Looking through virtual reality glasses, the participants saw the arm of a mannequin instead of their own arm. They had to judge the duration of the interval between two (perceived) touches applied to the mannequin’s body after a series of strokes had been viewed being made to the mannequin and tactile strokes had been administered to the participants themselves. These strokes were administered either synchronously or asynchronously. During the interval, a pleasant (touch with a soft paintbrush) or an unpleasant stimulation (touch with a pointed knife) was applied to the mannequin. The results showed that the participants felt the perceived tactile stimulations in their own bodies more strongly after the synchronous than the asynchronous stroking condition, a finding which is consistent with the out-of-body illusion. In addition, the interval duration was judged longer in the synchronous than in the asynchronous condition. This time distortion increased the greater the individual out-of-body experience was. Our results therefore highlight the importance of the awareness of the body-self in the processing of time, i.e., the significance of embodied time.

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“…In this perspective, bodily states and emotions represent central elements whereas high physiological arousal (Gil and Droit-Volet, 2012 ; Grecucci et al, 2014 ; Ogden et al, 2015a ; Yoo and Lee, 2015 ; Mioni et al, 2016 ) can increase the pulse frequency of the pacemaker, creating overestimation of subjective time perception (Wittmann, 2009 ). Numerous other authors also suggested that arousal and bodily signals are deeply connected with subjective time awareness (Droit-Volet and Gil, 2009 ; Gil and Droit-Volet, 2012 ; Pollatos et al, 2014 ; Ogden et al, 2015a , b ), leading to the conclusion that perception of time is intimately rooted in our body.…”

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Feel the Time. Time Perception as a Function of Interoceptive Processing

Lernia

Serino

Pezzulo

et al. 2018

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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The nature of time is rooted in our body. Constellations of impulses arising from the flesh constantly create our interoceptive perception and, in turn, the unfolding of these perceptions defines human awareness of time. This study explored the connection between time perception and interoception and proposes the Interoceptive Buffer saturation (IBs) index. IBs evaluates subjects’ ability to process salient stimuli from the body by measuring subjective distortions of interoceptive time perception, i.e., the estimated duration of tactile interoceptive stimulations. Thirty female healthy subjects were recruited through consecutive sampling and assessed for common variables related to interoceptive alterations: depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI-II), eating disorders (EDI-3) risk, and anxiety levels (State Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI). Interoceptive cardiac accuracy (IAc) was assessed as well. Subjects performed verbal time estimation of interoceptive stimuli (IBs) delivered using a specifically designed interoceptive tactile stimulator, as well as verbal time estimation of visual and auditory stimuli. Results showed that IBs index positively correlated with IAc, and negatively with EDI-3 Drive for Thinness (DT) risk subscale. Moreover, IBs index was positively predicted by IAc, and negatively predicted by DT and somatic factors of depression. Our results suggest that underestimations in interoceptive time perception are connected to different psychological conditions characterized by a diminished processing of high salience stimuli from the body. Conversely, overestimations of the duration of interoceptive stimuli appear to be function of subjects’ ability to correctly perceive their own bodily information. Evidence supported IBs index, fostering the concept of interoceptive treatments for clinical purposes.

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Stroke me for longer this touch feels too short: The effect of pleasant touch on temporal perception

Cited by 21 publications

References 43 publications

The relationship between pain-induced autonomic arousal and perceived duration.

The relationship between pain-induced autonomic arousal and perceived duration.

Embodied time and the out-of-body experience of the self

Feel the Time. Time Perception as a Function of Interoceptive Processing

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