The Perception of Time Is Underestimated in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

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ID15523161
AuthorsCarmelo Mario Vicario (0000-0001-7557-9078, University of Tasmania, corresponding author), Kim Felmingham, Kim L Felmingham (0000-0002-0749-538X, The University of Melbourne)
Year2018
Volume9
Pages121-121
Publication date2018-04-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00121
PMID29686631
OpenAlexW2797383939
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited89

Research has revealed reduced temporal discounting (i.e., increased capacity to delay reward) and altered interoceptive awareness in anorexia nervosa (AN). In line with the research linking temporal underestimation with a reduced tendency to devalue a reward and reduced interoceptive awareness, we tested the hypothesis that time duration might be underestimated in AN. Our findings revealed that patients with AN displayed lower timing accuracy in the form of timing underestimation compared with controls. These results were not predicted by clinical, demographic factors, attention, and working memory performance of the participants. The evidence of a temporal underestimation bias in AN might be clinically relevant to explain their abnormal motivation in pursuing a long-term restrictive diet, in line with the evidence that increasing the subjective temporal proximity of remote future goals can boost motivation and the actual behavior to reach them

Anorexia nervosa · Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Delay discounting · Developmental psychology · Discounting · Eating disorders · Impulsivity · Perception · Temporal discounting · Time perception · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Neuroscience · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology

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