Expectancy, controlled attention and automatic attention in prospective temporal judgments.

Author(s)
Macar, F.
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Abstract

Two experiments indicate that prospective judgments of a temporal target are influenced by nontarget temporal features. The basic task was to reproduce a target interval marked by visual events. In addition, visual or auditory interfering events were delivered. Experiment 1 showed that temporal reproduction is shorter when the interfering events occupy a late rather than early position during the target interval, a result explained in terms of expectancy, which causes attention shifts. This study also revealed that similar trends are obtained whether the interfering event involves a specific task or is irrelevant. Experiment 2 confirmed the position effect, and showed that the duration of an irrelevant cue can influence judgment of the target interval, as if it were also timed without appropriate control. (Author/publisher)

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20021709 ST [electronic version only]
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Acta Psychologica, Vol. 111 (2002), No. 2 (September), p. 243-262, 42 ref.

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