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. 2014 Apr 30;8:269. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00269

Table 2.

Summary table of studies that have investigated the correlation between time perception and neuropsychological tasks.

References TBI patients Controls Overall
Time reproduction Time production
Simple Concurrent Simple Concurrent
Perbal et al., 2003 RATIO
Free tempo NA NA ns ns 0.46 0.41
1 s tempo ns ns 0.36 0.64
Speed of processing ns ns ns ns
Working memory −0.42 ns ns ns
Episodic memory ns ns ns ns
CV
Free tempo ns ns ns ns
1 s tempo 0.53 ns ns ns
Speed of processing −0.68 ns 0.46 ns
Working memory −0.50 −0.45 ns ns
Episodic memory −0.50 ns ns ns
Schmitter-Edgecombe and Rueda, 2008 Verbal estimation Verbal estimation
No significant correlations when analyses were conducted separately between TBI patients and controls rs = −0.38 to 0.29 Visuo-spatial memory and (a) 60 s ratio score: r = 0.35; (b) 25-s absolute score: r = −37; and (c) 45-s absolute score r = −0.37
Anderson and Schmitter-Edgecombe, 2011 NA Verbal estimation NA
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test with 45 s ratio r = 0.60; 7/24 with 45 s ratio r = 0.58
Mioni et al., 2012 Time reproduction Time reproduction
Working memory 0.53 0.44 NA
Attention ns ns
Mioni et al., 2013a Time Discrimination Time Discrimination
500 ms 1300 ms 500 ms 1300 ms NA
Working memory −0.49 −0.62 ns −0.52
Attention ns −0.55 ns −0.36
Speed of processing −0.38 −0.41 ns −0.39
Mioni et al., 2013b Time reproduction Time production Time Discrimination
Attention
Divided attention 0.46 ns 0.43
Go-Nogo 0.48 ns ns
Working Memory
N-Back NA NA 0.40 ns ns
Digit span backward −0.41 ns −0.43
Executive Functions
Verbal fluency −0.51 ns ns
WCST 0.60 ns −0.54

RATIO, relative error; CV, coefficient of variation; Simple, temporal task alone; Concurrent, temporal task + non-temporal task; NA, not available; ns, not significant.