Analysis of Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors Influencing Timing and Time Perception.

ABSTRACT: Performance on different psychophysical tasks measuring the sense of time indicates a large amount of individual variation in the accuracy and precision of timing in the hundredths of milliseconds-to-minutes range. Quantifying factors with an influence on timing is essential to isolating a biological (genetic) contribution to the perception and estimation of time. In the largest timing study to date, 647 participants completed a duration-discrimination task in the sub-second range and a time-production task in the supra-second range. We confirm the stability of a participant's time sense across multiple sessions and substantiate a modest sex difference on time production. Moreover, we demonstrate a strong correlation between performance on a standardized cognitive battery and performance i

SUBMITTER: Bartholomew AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4671567 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature