Parkinson’s disease is known to affect parts of the brain that are thought to be involved in perceiving the passage of time, but the nature and degree of any actual time perception problems that result is not well understood. The aim of this research is to determine whether time perception is altered in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and whether this can be accurately quantified. If so, measures of changes in time perception could be potentially used in future as a test that could help diagnose PD.
Altered time keeping function may also contribute to disrupted gait which can lead to problems such as increased fall risk and freezing of gait which happen in the later stages of PD. By having a better understanding of how PD affects time keeping functions we may also therefore gain insights into these problems and how they might be addressed.
