Contrasting task demands alter the perceived duration of brief time intervals |
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Authors: | Thomas F Sawyer Peter J Meyers Stacy J Huser |
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Institution: | 1. Psychology Department, North Central College, 30 N. Brainard, P.O. Box 3063, 60566-7063, Naperville, IL 2. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Abstract: | Four experiments were performed to assess the effects of task differences on duration judgments. Experiments 1 and 2 used the method of reproduction in prospective, within-subjects designs; their results supported previous research on the effects of task difficulty. Both experiments, using tasks that varied along somewhat different dimensions, found that subjects provided reproduction values that varied inversely with task difficulty. That is, while subjects tended to underreproduce across all tasks, the more difficult the task performed during the target interval, the greater the extent of the under-reproduction. Experiments 3 and 4 used a modification of the reproduction method by placing demands upon the subjects during both the target interval and the reproduction phase of each trial; they demonstrated that the greater the degree of contrast between demands made by the task performed during the target interval and those made during reproduction, the less accurate the duration reproduction. The results are discussed in terms of the contextual and resource allocation models of duration estimation. |
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