Time estimation: effects of attentional focus and a comparison of interval conditions.
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 a interval condition. Time estimation of a standard interval was significantly lower when sujects attended to the stimulus material than when attending to the interval of passing time. A significant difference was not obtained among the three intervals.
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D013060:Speech; D013998:Time Perception