Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and Adults

Objectives:The study aimed to compare the time and color perception among adults and children to reveal the age-dependent change of the time perception.Materials and Methods:The children (n=30; age: 7-12, 50% female) and the adults (n=30, age: 20-25, 60% female) were selected randomly to participate...

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Main Authors: Sertaç Üstün, Merve Akın, Furkan Atakan Akın, Serkan Tokgönül, Metehan Çiçek
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Published: Galenos Publishing House 2019-08-01
Series:Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuas
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author Sertaç Üstün
Merve Akın
Furkan Atakan Akın
Serkan Tokgönül
Metehan Çiçek
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Merve Akın
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Serkan Tokgönül
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description Objectives:The study aimed to compare the time and color perception among adults and children to reveal the age-dependent change of the time perception.Materials and Methods:The children (n=30; age: 7-12, 50% female) and the adults (n=30, age: 20-25, 60% female) were selected randomly to participate to the study. To evaluate the time and color perception ‘‘Foreperiod Task’’ which was designed via MATLAB software was used. The percentage of correct responses and reaction times of participants were obtained to evaluate participants’ performance.Results:The percentage of correct responses and reaction times data were analyzed with two-way ANOVA separately. For the percentage of correct response; task effect (F=83.56, p<0.001), group effect (F=94.34, p<0.001) and task-group interaction (F=7.56, p<0.05) were significant. For the reaction time; group effect was significant (F=22.09 p<0.001). Task effect and interaction of task-group were not significant. Reaction times in time and color perception tasks were not different from each other both in adult groups and children groups (p>0.05). However, the percentage of correct responses for the two tasks differed significantly in both groups (for children: t=5.5, p<0.001; for adults: t=8.3, p<0.001).Conclusion:Performance score of the children was lower than adults in both tasks. Participants’ time perception performances were lower than their color perception and this performance difference was more distinct in children compared to adults. These results indicate that the development of time perception in children is slower than color perception. The fact that relatively complex neural networks are involved for the timing process in the brain might be the reason for the slow development of the time perception.
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spelling doaj-art-28d8173239cf4bf7b920deeb49d4ae242025-08-20T03:54:47ZengGalenos Publishing HouseAnkara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuas1307-56081307-56082019-08-0172212112610.4274/atfm.galenos.2019.9188513049054Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and AdultsSertaç Üstün0Merve Akın1Furkan Atakan Akın2Serkan Tokgönül3Metehan Çiçek4 Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fizyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hematoloji Onkoloji Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Pediatri Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Genel Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Plastik Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fizyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye Objectives:The study aimed to compare the time and color perception among adults and children to reveal the age-dependent change of the time perception.Materials and Methods:The children (n=30; age: 7-12, 50% female) and the adults (n=30, age: 20-25, 60% female) were selected randomly to participate to the study. To evaluate the time and color perception ‘‘Foreperiod Task’’ which was designed via MATLAB software was used. The percentage of correct responses and reaction times of participants were obtained to evaluate participants’ performance.Results:The percentage of correct responses and reaction times data were analyzed with two-way ANOVA separately. For the percentage of correct response; task effect (F=83.56, p<0.001), group effect (F=94.34, p<0.001) and task-group interaction (F=7.56, p<0.05) were significant. For the reaction time; group effect was significant (F=22.09 p<0.001). Task effect and interaction of task-group were not significant. Reaction times in time and color perception tasks were not different from each other both in adult groups and children groups (p>0.05). However, the percentage of correct responses for the two tasks differed significantly in both groups (for children: t=5.5, p<0.001; for adults: t=8.3, p<0.001).Conclusion:Performance score of the children was lower than adults in both tasks. Participants’ time perception performances were lower than their color perception and this performance difference was more distinct in children compared to adults. These results indicate that the development of time perception in children is slower than color perception. The fact that relatively complex neural networks are involved for the timing process in the brain might be the reason for the slow development of the time perception. http://ankaratipfakultesimecmuasi.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/evaluation-of-time-and-color-perception-in-childre/30420 Time PerceptionColor PerceptionBehavioral ExperimentDevelopmental Difference
spellingShingle Sertaç Üstün
Merve Akın
Furkan Atakan Akın
Serkan Tokgönül
Metehan Çiçek
Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and Adults
Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuas
Time Perception
Color Perception
Behavioral Experiment
Developmental Difference
title Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and Adults
title_full Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and Adults
title_fullStr Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and Adults
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and Adults
title_short Evaluation of Time and Color Perception in Children and Adults
title_sort evaluation of time and color perception in children and adults
topic Time Perception
Color Perception
Behavioral Experiment
Developmental Difference
url http://ankaratipfakultesimecmuasi.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/evaluation-of-time-and-color-perception-in-childre/30420
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