Time Estimation: Effects of Attentional Focus and a Comparison of Interval Conditions
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 45 (2) , 584-586
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1977.45.2.584
Abstract
Time estimation was studied as a function of the subject's attention to the stimulus interval and the stimulus condition of the standard interval. 111 subjects from lower level psychology classes were randomly assigned to an interval condition. Time estimation of a standard interval was significantly lower when subjects attended to the stimulus material than when attending to the interval of passing time. A significant difference was not obtained among the three intervals.Keywords
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