Time Perception in Cocaine-Dependent Patients

Overview

Journal Brain Sci

Publisher MDPI

Date 2022 Jun 24

PMID 35741630

Authors

Giovanna Mioni

Naomi Sanguin

Graziella Madeo

Stefano Cardullo

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Abstract

The involvement of the dopamine system in modulating time perception has been widely reported. Clinical conditions (e.g., Parkinson's disease, addictions) that alter dopaminergic signaling have been shown to affect motor timing and perceived duration. The present study aimed at investigating whether the effects of chronic stimulant use on temporal processing are time-interval dependent. All participants performed two different time bisection tasks (480/1920 ms and 1200/2640 ms) in which we analysed the proportion of long responses for each stimulus duration as well as an index of perceived duration and one of sensitivity. Regarding the proportion of long responses, we found no differences between groups in either time bisection task but patients had more variable results than controls did in both tasks. This study provides new insight into temporal processing in stimulant-dependent patients. Regardless of the time interval tested, the results showed comparable temporal ability in patients and controls, but higher temporal variability in patients. This finding is consistent with impairment of frontally-mediated cognitive functions involved in time perception rather than impairment in time processing per se.

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