The effect of nontemporal stimulus size on perceived duration as assessed by the method of reproduction

Rammsayer, Thomas; Verner, Martin (2014). The effect of nontemporal stimulus size on perceived duration as assessed by the method of reproduction. Journal of vision, 14(5 Art. 17), pp. 1-10. ARVO 10.1167/14.5.17

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Perceived duration is assumed to be positively related to nontemporal stimulus magnitude. Most recently, the finding that larger stimuli are perceived to last longer has been challenged to represent a mere decisional bias induced by the use of comparative duration judgments. Therefore, in the present study, the method of temporal reproduction was applied as a psychophysical procedure to quantify perceived duration. Another major goal was to investigate the influence of attention on the effect of visual stimulus size on perceived duration. For this purpose, an additional dual-task paradigm was employed. Our results not only converged with previous findings in demonstrating a functional positive relationship between nontemporal stimulus size and perceived duration, but also showed that the effect of stimulus size on perceived duration was not confined to comparative duration judgments. Furthermore, the effect of stimulus size proved to be independent of attentional resources allocated to stimulus size; nontemporal visual stimulus information does not need to be processed intentionally to influence perceived duration. Finally, the effect of nontemporal stimulus size on perceived duration was effectively modulated by the duration of the target intervals, suggesting a hitherto largely unrecognized role of temporal context for the effect of nontemporal stimulus size to become evident.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Personality Psychology, Differential Psychology and Diagnostics
10 Strategic Research Centers > Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory (CCLM)

UniBE Contributor:

Rammsayer, Thomas, Verner, Martin

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education

ISSN:

1534-7362

Publisher:

ARVO

Language:

English

Submitter:

Karin Dubler

Date Deposited:

25 Mar 2015 11:31

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:44

Publisher DOI:

10.1167/14.5.17

PubMed ID:

24879864

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.65431

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/65431

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