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Visual onset expands subjective time

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posted on 2023-06-08, 14:33 authored by Ryota Kanai, Masataka Watanabe
We report a distortion of subjective time perception in which the duration of a first interval is perceived to be longer than the succeeding interval of the same duration. The amount of time expansion depends on the onset type defining the first interval. When a stimulus appears abruptly, its duration is perceived to be longer than when it appears following a stationary array. The difference in the processing time for the stimulus onset and motion onset, measured as reaction times, agrees with the difference in time expansion. Our results suggest that initial transient responses for a visual onset serve as a temporal marker for time estimation, and a systematic change in the processing time for onsets affects perceived time.

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  • Published

Journal

Perception & Psychophysics

ISSN

0031-5117

Publisher

Psychonomic Society

Issue

7

Volume

68

Page range

1113-1123

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  • Psychology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-03-11

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