(105) The Effect of Acute and Chronic Pain on the Accuracy of Temporal Perception

Pain has been shown to interfere with executive functions that require a high cognitive load, including attentional processes. According to Scalar Expectancy Theory, perception of time can be influenced by the same attentional processes that are impacted by pain. The present, ongoing study aims to extend previous work by examining the effects of both acute experimental and chronic pain on temporal perception. We hypothesized that (1) both acute and chronic pain would result in less accurate and more variable temporal perception, (2) both acute and chronic pain would increase the perceived duration of timed event, and that (3) acute and chronic pain would have a summative effect on temporal perception.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research