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[Neuropsychology of the Psychological Present]
Akira Midorikawa1, Yayoi Shigemune
1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Chuo University.
Abstract:
The psychological present is a diverse psychological phenomenon, including the perception and evaluation of time, which has been studied from different perspectives. The experience of the psychological present is known to differ according to psychological state and cognitive processes, such as attention. Neuropsychological studies focused on brain-damaged patients have explored several aspects of the present, but few studies have examined the subjective aspect of the phenomenon. In this article, we focus on the subjective aspect of the present in brain-damaged patients and propose that the psychological present is maintained by several brain regions through the integration of multiple information sources.
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