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Time perspective and amnestic mild cognitive impairment.
Sara Coelho1, Alexandre de Mendonça1, João Maroco2
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Journal of Neuropsychology
|February 17, 2022
Summary
Patients with amnesic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) struggle to connect past, present, and future. This difficulty with time perspective may stem from executive function deficits.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
Background:
- Amnesic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is linked to temporal processing deficits.
- Previous research focused on time duration and succession, not time perspective in aMCI.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate time perspective in individuals with aMCI.
- To explore associations between aMCI and different dimensions of time perspective.
Main Methods:
- Compared 30 aMCI patients with 33 healthy controls.
- Utilized the Time Relation Scale (TRS), Time Orientation Scale (TOS), Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), and neuropsychological tests.
Main Results:
- aMCI was significantly associated with the TRS, with patients perceiving time as unrelated.
- An unrelated time perspective correlated with poorer executive function in aMCI patients.
- No association was found between aMCI and the TOS or ZTPI.
Conclusions:
- Individuals with aMCI exhibit difficulties in perceiving relationships between past, present, and future.
- These temporal perception deficits may be linked to underlying executive function impairments.
- aMCI patients may have a diminished understanding of how current actions influence future outcomes.
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