title: An integrated theory of prospective time interval estimation: the role of cognition, attention, and learning.
abstract: A theory of prospective time perception is introduced and incorporated as a module in an integrated theory of cognition, thereby extending existing theories and allowing predictions about attention and learning. First, a time perception module is established by fitting existing datasets (interval estimation and bisection and impact of secondary tasks on attention). The authors subsequently used the module as a part of the adaptive control of thought--rational (ACT-R) architecture to model a new experiment that combines attention, learning, dual tasking, and time perception. Finally, the model predicts time estimation, learning, and attention in a new experiment. The model predictions and fits demonstrate that the proposed integrated theory of prospective time interval estimation explains detailed effects of attention and learning during time interval estimation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. taatgen@cmu.edu
authors.forename: Niels A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Taatgen
authors.forename: Hedderik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Rijn
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D011939:Mental Recall; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013998:Time Perception; D014163:Transfer, Psychology