title: The effects of physical work, mental work, and quantity on children's time perception.
abstract: An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of work and quantity cues on children's time perception. Ninety-seven children in kindergarten and Grades 2, 4, and 6 lifted and transferred pipes under eight different conditions, after which they reproduced the perceived time taken to move the pipes. The conditions varied by quantity (two/four pipes), by mental work (no-matching/matching), and by physical work (light/heavy pipes). Significant main effects were found for quantity, physical work, and mental work, and for the quantity x age and mental work x physical work interactions. These results can help to disentangle possible confounds among these variables in the classic Piagetian experiments about their effects on time judgment and perception.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arlin
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013998:Time Perception; D014892:Weight Perception