Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Dr. Rowena Kong is currently serving at the Department of Psychology established under University of British Columbia located in Canada. He has authored many publications, received several citations and attended the conferences.

Publications

• Review   
  The Role of Time Perception in Depression
  Author(s): Rowena Kong*
  
  Depression is a multi-faceted disorder which encompasses a diversity of neuropsychological and socio-behavioral factors, with depressed individuals tending to experience a distorted perception of time. Depressive individuals find time passes slowly and are preoccupied with the past. The cause(s) of such disturbance remains to be investigated, with the nature of past events in life hypothesized to be a probable potentiating factor. The hypoactivity of the brain’s basal ganglia region, which is related to decreased response to positive stimuli, hence emotional valence, may be associated with subjective slowness of time as perceived by depressed subjects. Time distortion appears more pronounced in studies of long interval than short interval ranges. Time perception has a consolidating role which oversees and links various neuropsychological and socio-behavioral aspects of an indivi.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-1044.19.8.348

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