Task integration in time production.
Two experiments examined training on a prospective time production task. Participants produced intervals, expressed in fixed arbitrary units, while performing a concurrent secondary task. After a 15-min filled delay, the participants were retrained on the same tasks. These experiments tested whether the primary and secondary tasks would be integrated into a single task. In Experiment 1, the secondary-task requirements were manipulated, but the time production task was fixed. In Experiment 2, the time production task requirements were manipulated, but the secondary task was fixed. The results suggest that participants integrate primary- and secondary-task requirements.
Wohldmann
Erica L
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DeDepartment of Psychology, California State University, Northridge, California 91330-8255, USA. erica.wohldmann@csun.edu
Healy
Alice F
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Bourne
Lyle E
LE
D001288:Attention; D005246:Feedback; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013998:Time Perception