Sense of time

Sense of time

Although the sense of time is not associated with a specific sensory system, the work of psychologists and neuroscientists indicates that our brains do have a system governing the perception of time. [cite web
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quote= ] This is a highly distributed system including the cerebral cortex, cerebellum and basal ganglia as its components. One particular component, the suprachiasmatic nuclei, is responsible for the circadian (or daily) rhythm, while other cell clusters appear to be capable of shorter-range (ultradian) timekeeping. The sense of time is impaired in some people with neurological diseases such as Parkinson's Disease and Attention Deficit Disorder.

Psychoactive drugs can also impair the perception of time. Stimulants can lead both humans and rats to overestimate time intervals [cite journal
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quote = ] while depressants can have the opposite effect. [cite journal
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quote = ] The level of activity in the brain of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and adrenaline may be the reason for this. Errors in estimated time intervals might be caused by varying levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. [cite journal | last = Arzy | first = Shahar | coauthors = Istvan Molnar-Szakacs; Olaf Blanke | date = 2008-06-18
title = Self in Time: Imagined Self-Location Influences Neural Activity Related to Mental Time Travel | journal = The Journal of Neuroscience | volume = 28 | issue = 25 | pages = 6502-6507 | publisher = | issn = | pmid = | doi = 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5712-07.2008 | url = http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/25/6502 | format = Abstract
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References

External links

* [http://www.manchestertiming.co.uk Time perception research at the University of Manchester]
* [http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/bicpapers/pdf/memoryfortime.pdf "A Cognitive Model of Retrospective Duration Estimations", Hee-Kyung Ahn, et al, March 7, 2006.]
* [http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/homepages/wildgen/pdf/antwerpen_time.pdf "Time, Force, Motion, and the Semantics of Natural Languages", Wolfgang Wildgen, "Antwerp Papers in Linguistics", 2003/2004.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjlpamhrId8&feature=related Can Time Slow Down?]
* [http://www.pjonline.com/Editorial/20051119/comment/onlooker.html "Interactions emerge between biological clocks", "The Pharmaceutical Journal", Vol 275 No 7376 p644, 19 November 2005] Registration required.
* " [http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/25/45/10369?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&title=time+ratio&andorexacttitle=or&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT Time and the Brain: How Subjective Time Relates to Neural Time] " (November 9, 2005). Eagleman, David M.; Peter U. Tse, Dean Buonomano, Peter Janssen, Anna Christina Nobre, Alex O. Holcombe. (Review, full text). "The Journal of Neuroscience" 25 (45):10369-10371.


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