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A dual-systems perspective on temporal cognition: Implications for the role of emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

Filip M. Nuyens
Affiliation:
International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, NottinghamNG1 4FQ, United Kingdom. filip.nuyens@ntu.ac.ukmark.griffiths@ntu.ac.ukwww.ntu.ac.uk/apps/Profiles/51652-1-4/Professor_Mark_Griffiths.aspx
Mark D. Griffiths
Affiliation:
International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, NottinghamNG1 4FQ, United Kingdom. filip.nuyens@ntu.ac.ukmark.griffiths@ntu.ac.ukwww.ntu.ac.uk/apps/Profiles/51652-1-4/Professor_Mark_Griffiths.aspx

Abstract

This commentary explores how emotion fits in the dual-systems model of temporal cognition proposed by Hoerl & McCormack. The updating system would be affected by emotion via the attentional/arousal effect according to the attentional gate model. The reasoning system would be disrupted by emotion, especially for traumatic events. Time discrepancies described in the dual-systems model are also explained.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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