Abstract
Background: The subjective experience of time involves several, not yet identified, mechanisms. Many cognitive and emotional factors, such as attention, memory and subjective mental states can influence time estimation. Aims: We aimed to assess the subjective experience of time and its relationships with cognitive and emotional characteristics in the elderly. Method: Forty-nine non-demented patients hospitalized for orthopedic rehabilitation underwent an ‘ecological’ evaluation tool, the semi-structured QUEstionnaire for the Subjective experience of Time (QUEST) requiring retrospective and prospective judgements on self-relevant time intervals. All patients completed tests to assess general cognitive functioning and two questionnaires to evaluate emotional state. Results: Results showed that accuracy in time estimation did not differ in young–old vs. old–old individuals: both groups performed better on prospective than on retrospective items and on highly than on poorly self-relevant items. Multiple regression analysis showed that performance on QUEST was significantly related to depression and hospitalization duration, but not to age, education, or neuropsychological scores. Conclusions: The influence of the emotional state is consistent with theories postulating that the “sense of time” is emergent from emotional and visceral states.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 327-332 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Aging clinical and experimental research |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 1 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Ecological assessment
- Elderly
- Emotional state
- Self-relevance
- Time cognition
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ageing
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Aging and the subjective experience of time. / Crisci, Claudio; Caccavale, Michelina; Trojano, Luigi.
In: Aging clinical and experimental research, Vol. 28, No. 2, 01.04.2016, p. 327-332.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Crisci, Claudio
AU - Caccavale, Michelina
AU - Trojano, Luigi
PY - 2016/4/1
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N2 - Background: The subjective experience of time involves several, not yet identified, mechanisms. Many cognitive and emotional factors, such as attention, memory and subjective mental states can influence time estimation. Aims: We aimed to assess the subjective experience of time and its relationships with cognitive and emotional characteristics in the elderly. Method: Forty-nine non-demented patients hospitalized for orthopedic rehabilitation underwent an ‘ecological’ evaluation tool, the semi-structured QUEstionnaire for the Subjective experience of Time (QUEST) requiring retrospective and prospective judgements on self-relevant time intervals. All patients completed tests to assess general cognitive functioning and two questionnaires to evaluate emotional state. Results: Results showed that accuracy in time estimation did not differ in young–old vs. old–old individuals: both groups performed better on prospective than on retrospective items and on highly than on poorly self-relevant items. Multiple regression analysis showed that performance on QUEST was significantly related to depression and hospitalization duration, but not to age, education, or neuropsychological scores. Conclusions: The influence of the emotional state is consistent with theories postulating that the “sense of time” is emergent from emotional and visceral states.
AB - Background: The subjective experience of time involves several, not yet identified, mechanisms. Many cognitive and emotional factors, such as attention, memory and subjective mental states can influence time estimation. Aims: We aimed to assess the subjective experience of time and its relationships with cognitive and emotional characteristics in the elderly. Method: Forty-nine non-demented patients hospitalized for orthopedic rehabilitation underwent an ‘ecological’ evaluation tool, the semi-structured QUEstionnaire for the Subjective experience of Time (QUEST) requiring retrospective and prospective judgements on self-relevant time intervals. All patients completed tests to assess general cognitive functioning and two questionnaires to evaluate emotional state. Results: Results showed that accuracy in time estimation did not differ in young–old vs. old–old individuals: both groups performed better on prospective than on retrospective items and on highly than on poorly self-relevant items. Multiple regression analysis showed that performance on QUEST was significantly related to depression and hospitalization duration, but not to age, education, or neuropsychological scores. Conclusions: The influence of the emotional state is consistent with theories postulating that the “sense of time” is emergent from emotional and visceral states.
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