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Time perception, emotions and mood disorders.

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  • 1Blaise Pascal University, CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Sylvie.DROIT-VOLET@univ-bpclermont.fr

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Summary

Recent internal clock models explain how emotions distort time perception. Studies on depression show that while patients feel time slows, their basic time perception mechanisms remain intact.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Chronobiology

Background:

  • Internal clock models are crucial for understanding time perception.
  • Emotions can significantly distort the subjective experience of time.
  • Affective disorders, like depression, are often associated with altered time perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current internal clock models of time perception.
  • To examine how these models account for emotion-induced time distortions.
  • To investigate the relationship between affective disorders and the subjective experience of time passage.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent literature on internal clock models.
  • Analysis of studies on time perception in affective disorders.
Keywords:
Affective disorderDepressionEmotionTimeTiming

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  • Distinction between time perception and explicit awareness of time.

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    • Internal clock models offer explanations for emotion-related time distortions.
    • Patients with depression report a subjective slowing of time.
    • A clear distinction is made between the mechanisms of time perception and the awareness of time's passage.

    Conclusions:

    • The subjective feeling of time slowing down in depression is not necessarily linked to a disruption of fundamental time perception mechanisms.
    • Basic time perception may remain intact despite altered subjective experience in certain affective states.