Report for: Blood sugar level follows perceived time rather than actual time in people with type 2 diabetes

Title	Blood sugar level follows perceived time rather than actual time in people with type 2 diabetes
Published in	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, July 2016
DOI	10.1073/pnas.1603444113
Pubmed ID	27382161
Authors	Chanmo Park, Francesco Pagnini, Andrew Reece, Deborah Phillips, Ellen Langer
Abstract	The current study investigates whether perceived time has an effect on blood glucose level in people with type 2 diabetes. The hypothesis is that perceived time will have a greater influence over blood glucose level than actual time. Changes in blood glucose levels were measured in 46 participants with diabetes while they completed simple tasks during a 90-min period. Participants' perception of time was manipulated by having them refer to clocks that were either accurate or altered to run fast or slow. Blood glucose levels changed in accordance with how much time they believed had passed instead of how much time had actually passed. These results are an example of the influence psychological processes can directly exert on the body.

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Country	Count	As %
United States	13	18%
United Kingdom	10	14%
Canada	4	6%
Saudi Arabia	2	3%
France	2	3%
Australia	2	3%
Switzerland	1	1%
Nepal	1	1%
Ireland	1	1%
Other	4	6%
Unknown	31	44%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	48	68%
Scientists	17	24%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	3	4%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	3	4%

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Germany	1	2%
Luxembourg	1	2%
Sweden	1	2%
Unknown	43	93%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Ph. D. Student	15	33%
Researcher	9	20%
Other	6	13%
Student > Bachelor	5	11%
Student > Master	3	7%
Other	8	17%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Psychology	10	22%
Unspecified	6	13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	6	13%
Medicine and Dentistry	5	11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	5	11%
Other	14	30%

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Blood sugar level follows perceived time rather than actual time in people with type 2 diabetes

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