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Effects of Emotional Facial Expression on Time Perception in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2015

Giovanna Mioni*
Affiliation:
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
Lucia Meligrana
Affiliation:
U.O. Neurologia, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy U.O. Psicologia Ospedaliera, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy
Simon Grondin
Affiliation:
École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Francesco Perini
Affiliation:
U.O. Neurologia, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy
Luigi Bartolomei
Affiliation:
U.O. Neurologia, Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy
Franca Stablum
Affiliation:
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Giovanna Mioni, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Via Venezia, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy. E-mail: mioni.giovanna@gmail.com

Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that emotional facial expressions alter temporal judgments. Moreover, while some studies conducted with Parkinson's disease (PD) patients suggest dysfunction in the recognition of emotional facial expression, others have shown a dysfunction in time perception. In the present study, we investigate the magnitude of temporal distortions caused by the presentation of emotional facial expressions (anger, shame, and neutral) in PD patients and controls. Twenty-five older adults with PD and 17 healthy older adults took part in the present study. PD patients were divided into two sub-groups, with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI), based on their neuropsychological performance. Participants were tested with a time bisection task with standard intervals lasting 400 ms and 1600 ms. The effect of facial emotional stimuli on time perception was evident in all participants, yet the effect was greater for PD-MCI patients. Furthermore, PD-MCI patients were more likely to underestimate long and overestimate short temporal intervals than PD-non-MCI patients and controls. Temporal impairment in PD-MCI patients seem to be mainly caused by a memory dysfunction. (JINS, 2016, 22, 890–899)

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