title: Fear and time estimation.
abstract: It has been claimed that fear shortens time-estimates. Contrary to this view, 35 spider-phobic subjects give longer estimates of a short interval spent observing a spider than 18 non-phobic controls. The phobics' estimates are also more variable.
mesh_terms: D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013998:Time Perception