Age-related changes and gender differences in time estimation.
A study was carried out in which age and gender differences were studied in the performance of an empty interval production task. The duration of these intervals was 10 s, 1 and 5 min. The sample was made up of 140 subjects, half male and half female, in seven different age groups from 8 to 70 years old. The age range permitted us to identify when differences begin to be significant. The results show an age-related increase in the underproduction of the intervals. The differences between age groups attained significance from 51 to 60 years onward. With regard to gender, the main result was a greater underproduction of longer intervals (1 and 5 min) for women. These findings were interpreted in terms of different models of time estimation.
Espinosa-Fernández
Lourdes
L
Department of Psychology, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071, Jaén, Spain. lespino@ujaen.es
Miró
Elena
E
Cano
MóCarmen
M
Buela-Casal
Gualberto
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013998:Time Perception / Q000502:physiology*