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Dynamic calibration of our sense of time

Published inNeuropsychologia, vol. 49, no. 1, p. 147-150
Publication date2011
Abstract

An accurate sense of time contributes to functions ranging from the perception and anticipation of sensory events to the production of coordinated movements. However, accumulating evidence demonstrates that time perception is subject to strong illusory distortion. In two experiments, we investigated whether the subjective speed of temporal perception is dependent on our visual environment. By presenting human observers with speed-altered movies of a crowded street scene, we modulated performance on subsequent production of "20s" elapsed intervals. Our results indicate that one's visual environment significantly contributes to calibrating our sense of time, independently of any modulation of arousal. This plasticity generates an assay for the integrity of our sense of time and its rehabilitation in clinical pathologies.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Calibration
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Galvanic Skin Response/physiology
  • Heart Rate/physiology
  • Humans
  • Kinesthesis
  • Male
  • Photic Stimulation/methods
  • Reaction Time/physiology
  • Time Perception/physiology
  • Visual Perception/physiology
  • Young Adult
Affiliation Not a UNIGE publication
Citation (ISO format)
GRIVEL, Jérémy et al. Dynamic calibration of our sense of time. In: Neuropsychologia, 2011, vol. 49, n° 1, p. 147–150. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.11.004
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