The effect of Parkinson’s disease on time estimation as a function of stimulus duration range and modality

Smith, Jared G.; Harper, David N.; Gittings, David; Abernethy, David

doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2007.01.005

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“…On the contrary, motor timing was relatively spared, except lower accuracy in continuing tapping at a given rate, and in tapping along with an isochronous sequence. These findings are in line with previous evidence that IPD is associated with a malfunctioning timing system (Harrington et al, 1998, 2011; Spencer and Ivry, 2005; Smith et al, 2007; Koch et al, 2008; Merchant et al, 2008, 2013; Wearden et al, 2008; Jones and Jahanshahi, 2009). Moreover, we could confirm that auditory cueing has a beneficial effect on uncued gait by showing increased speed and step length.…”

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Musically Cued Gait-Training Improves Both Perceptual and Motor Timing in Parkinsonâ€™s Disease

Benoit

Bella

Farrugia

et al. 2014

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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It is well established that auditory cueing improves gait in patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD). Disease-related reductions in speed and step length can be improved by providing rhythmical auditory cues via a metronome or music. However, effects on cognitive aspects of motor control have yet to be thoroughly investigated. If synchronization of movement to an auditory cue relies on a supramodal timing system involved in perceptual, motor, and sensorimotor integration, auditory cueing can be expected to affect both motor and perceptual timing. Here, we tested this hypothesis by assessing perceptual and motor timing in 15 IPD patients before and after a 4-week music training program with rhythmic auditory cueing. Long-term effects were assessed 1 month after the end of the training. Perceptual and motor timing was evaluated with a battery for the assessment of auditory sensorimotor and timing abilities and compared to that of age-, gender-, and education-matched healthy controls. Prior to training, IPD patients exhibited impaired perceptual and motor timing. Training improved patients’ performance in tasks requiring synchronization with isochronous sequences, and enhanced their ability to adapt to durational changes in a sequence in hand tapping tasks. Benefits of cueing extended to time perception (duration discrimination and detection of misaligned beats in musical excerpts). The current results demonstrate that auditory cueing leads to benefits beyond gait and support the idea that coupling gait to rhythmic auditory cues in IPD patients relies on a neuronal network engaged in both perceptual and motor timing.

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confidence: 91%

Musically Cued Gait-Training Improves Both Perceptual and Motor Timing in Parkinsonâ€™s Disease

Benoit

Bella

Farrugia

et al. 2014

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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165

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“…Though memory systems such as working memory are important for temporal processing of supra-second intervals28, timing of sub-second intervals is assumed to be relatively automatic process and beyond cognitive control29. Unlike our study using intervals in the milliseconds range up to 1.6 s, previous studies involving the relation between color and time perception have used multiple seconds and those results might be influenced by cognitive control.…”

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The color red distorts time perception for men, but not for women

Shibasaki

Masataka

2014

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We investigated the effect of the color red on time perception using a temporal bisection task with human adults. The results showed that the perceived duration of a red screen was longer than was that of a blue screen. However, the results reflected sex differences; men, but not women, overestimated the duration of the red screen. Additionally, the reaction times to a red screen were faster than those to a blue screen, and we found a significant correlation between reaction time and the tendency to overestimate the duration of a red screen. Participants who reacted quickly to a red screen overestimated its duration. These results are discussed within the context of recent studies indicating that the color red exerts certain special psychological effects on human behavior.

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“…A further issue worthy of investigation could be to find out whether the perception of the duration of auditory and tactile stimuli is prone to crossmodal distortion effects, analogous to what has been found between auditory and visual stimuli (e.g., Chen & Yeh, 2009;van Wassenhove et al, 2008). Moreover, the potential implementation of the experimental findings in the clinical field, such as in sensory substitution (e.g., Minagawa, Ohnishi, & Sugie, 1996), in the diagnosis (e.g., Danckert et al, 2007;Davalos, Kisley, & Ross, 2002;Gilden & Marusich, 2009;Smith, Harper, Gittings, & Abernethy, 2007), or in the treatment (Powers, Hillock, & Wallace, 2009;Thaut, 2005;Vargas & Yu, 2008) of psychiatric and neurological diseases, would be an interesting issue to be investigated in future studies.…”

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Audiotactile interactions in temporal perception

2011

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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.Keywords Auditory . Tactile . Temporal . Frequency . Audiotactile . Crossmodal similarities . Mechanoreception . MultisensoryThe boundaries between hearing and touch: the foundation of an analogyWe continuously interact with environments that provide a large amount of multisensory information to our various senses. Researchers have now convincingly demonstrated that the inputs delivered by the different sensory channels tend to be bound together by the brain (see the section Research on hearing and touch: a multisensory perspective for a fuller discussion of this topic). Unlike the audiovisual and visuotactile sensory pairings, those interactions taking place at both the neuronal and behavioral level between audition and touch have, to date, been explored in far less detail (see Kitagawa & Spence, 2006;Soto-Faraco & Deco, 2009, for reviews of the extant literature). The paucity of research covering this modality pairing is rather surprising when one considers the wide range of everyday situations in which we experience-even though often in subtle and unconscious ways-the interplay between these two senses. Examples include perceiving the "auditory" buzzing and the itchy "tactile" sensation of an insect landing on the back of our neck; reaching for a mobile phone ringing and vibrating in our pocket. What is common to these situations is the exclusive-or, at the very least, predominant-reliance on cues provided by the

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The effect of Parkinson’s disease on time estimation as a function of stimulus duration range and modality

Cited by 91 publications

References 51 publications

Musically Cued Gait-Training Improves Both Perceptual and Motor Timing in Parkinsonâ€™s Disease

Musically Cued Gait-Training Improves Both Perceptual and Motor Timing in Parkinsonâ€™s Disease

The color red distorts time perception for men, but not for women

Audiotactile interactions in temporal perception

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