Time is as pervasive as it is elusive to study, and how the brain keeps track of millisecond time is still unclear. Here we addressed the mechanisms underlying duration perception by looking for a neural signature of subjective time distortion induced by motion adaptation. We recorded electroencephalographic signals in human partici-pants while they were asked to discriminate the duration of visual stimuli after different types of translational motion adaptation. Our results show that perceived duration can be predicted by the amplitude of the N200 event-related potential evoked by the adapted stimulus. Moreover, we show that the distortion of subjective time can be predicted by the activity in the Beta band frequency spectrum, at the offset of the adaptor and during the presentation of the subsequent adapted stimulus. Both effects were observed from posterior electrodes con-tralateral to the adapted stimulus. Overall, our findings suggest that local and low-level perceptual processes are involved in generating a subjective sense of time.
Subjective time is predicted by local and early visual processing / Tonoyan, Yelena; Fornaciai, Michele; Parsons, Brent; Bueti, Domenica. - In: NEUROIMAGE. - ISSN 1053-8119. - 264:(2022), pp. 1-13. [10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119707]
Subjective time is predicted by local and early visual processing
Tonoyan, Yelena
;Fornaciai, Michele
;Parsons, Brent;Bueti, Domenica
2022-01-01
Abstract
Time is as pervasive as it is elusive to study, and how the brain keeps track of millisecond time is still unclear. Here we addressed the mechanisms underlying duration perception by looking for a neural signature of subjective time distortion induced by motion adaptation. We recorded electroencephalographic signals in human partici-pants while they were asked to discriminate the duration of visual stimuli after different types of translational motion adaptation. Our results show that perceived duration can be predicted by the amplitude of the N200 event-related potential evoked by the adapted stimulus. Moreover, we show that the distortion of subjective time can be predicted by the activity in the Beta band frequency spectrum, at the offset of the adaptor and during the presentation of the subsequent adapted stimulus. Both effects were observed from posterior electrodes con-tralateral to the adapted stimulus. Overall, our findings suggest that local and low-level perceptual processes are involved in generating a subjective sense of time.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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