title: Contrast influences perceived duration of brief time intervals.
abstract: 34 participants judged the duration of a 4-sec. interval which was preceded by a contextual interval of 2, 6, 10, or 14 sec. Underestimations of the test interval when the contextual intervals were longer suggested temporal durations are affected by a mechanism of comparing and contrasting analogous to the one producing some visual illusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, 501 Westminster Avenue, Westminster College, Fulton, MO 65251, USA.
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D007600:Judgment; D008568:Memory; D013998:Time Perception