title: Age-related changes and gender differences in time estimation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071, Jaén, Spain. lespino@ujaen.es
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Espinosa-Fernández
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miró
authors.forename: MóCarmen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: Gualberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buela-Casal
mesh_terms: 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*