STATE OF PERCEPTION OF SPACE AND TIME IN ADOLESCENTS WITH DIFFERENT THERMAL SENSITIVITIES
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2023.2.14034Keywords:
perception of space, perception of time, heat sensitivity, teenagersAbstract
Purpose: to determine the state of perception of space and time in adolescents with different heat sensitivity.
Materials and Methods. 160 adolescents were tested, who were previously divided into two groups – with high and low heat sensitivity – based on the questionnaire “Levels of heat sensitivityˮ (authorʹs certificate No. 115529 dated November 1, 2022) and a thermal test. We determined the perception of space using the “Clocksˮ method. The method of determining the accuracy of time segments was used to assess time perception.
Results. Reduced indicators of space and time perception are observed in individuals with high heat sensitivity compared to adolescents with low heat sensitivity. Thus, the productivity of space perception in persons with low heat sensitivity was (32.95±0.61) um. units, and with high – it was (24.72±0.67) um. units. At the same time, a greater number of spatial perception errors was observed in persons with high heat sensitivity ((7.58±0.33) errors), compared to adolescents with low heat sensitivity ((2.07±0.24) errors). Also, adolescents with high heat sensitivity had an increased relative frequency of false answers ((0.31±0.01) unit of measurement), compared to adolescents with low heat sensitivity ((0.06±0.01) unit of measurement). Studying the indicators of evaluation of 10-second time intervals separately in adolescents with different heat sensitivity, we found that people with high heat sensitivity were characterized by slowing down of time counting: the duration of the subjective time standard for them was (0.76±0.02) units., and in people with low heat sensitivity – (0.98±0.02) um. unit.
Conclusions. People with high heat sensitivity, compared to teenagers with low heat sensitivity, have a worse perception of space and time.
A relationship was established between the performance of spatial perception and the number of errors (low negative correlations) in adolescents with both low (R=-0.16) and high (R=-0.14) thermal sensitivity (р˂0.001 between indicators according to the criterion of Pearsonʹs linear correlation).
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