Tone duration discrimination in Parkinson's disease

被引:24
作者
Hellstrom, A
Lang, H
Portin, R
Rinne, J
机构
[1] TURKU UNIV,CTR COGNIT NEUROSCI,TURKU,FINLAND
[2] TURKU UNIV,CENT HOSP,DEPT CLIN NEUROPHYSIOL,TURKU,FINLAND
[3] TURKU UNIV,CENT HOSP,DEPT NEUROL,TURKU,FINLAND
基金
芬兰科学院;
关键词
Parkinson's disease; duration discrimination; time perception; gender differences; sex differences;
D O I
10.1016/S0028-3932(96)00122-4
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and healthy controls took a computerized test of tone duration discrimination (TDD) using pairs of tones of 0.4-1.6 sec duration, presented al intervals of 0.5-4 sec. In PD patients as well as controls, TDD was impaired by even slight degrees of cognitive deterioration. PD yielded impaired TDD in females, but not in males. This suggests that the dopamine-powered biological clock, which is vulnerable to PD, is more important for the processing of durations in the 1-sec range in women than in men. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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页码:737 / 740
页数:4
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