Perception of Time and Some Methodical Possibilities of Its Study in Clinical Psychological Research

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Abstract

The article discusses a variety of instructional techniques aimed at study the perception of time and used today in Russian and foreign psychological researches. Author discusses the need for a comprehensive study of the perception of time as a higher mental function and the possibilities of incorporating of experimental techniques aimed at different aspects of time perception in clinical-psychological diagnostics and the outlooks of such integration. Funding This work was supported by grant RFBR № 16-06-00161.

General Information

Keywords: time perception, functional system, evaluation and measuring intervals, the experience of time, personality time perspective, clinical psychology

Journal rubric: Applied Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2017060208

For citation: Balashova E.Y. Perception of Time and Some Methodical Possibilities of Its Study in Clinical Psychological Research [Elektronnyi resurs]. Klinicheskaia i spetsial'naia psikhologiia = Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 2017. Vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 97–108. DOI: 10.17759/cpse.2017060208. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Elena Y. Balashova, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, leading researcher, Department of neuro- and pathopsychology, Faculty of psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: elbalashova@yandex.ru

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