Different methods for reproducing time, different results

Giovanna Mioni; Franca Stablum; Shawn M. McClintock; Simon Grondin

doi:10.3758/s13414-014-0625-3

Different methods for reproducing time, different results

Giovanna Mioni, Franca Stablum, Shawn M. McClintock, Simon Grondin

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Abstract

One of the most widely used tasks for investigating psychological time, time reproduction, requires from participants the reproduction of the duration of a previously presented stimulus. Although prior studies have investigated the effects of different cognitive processes on time reproduction performance, no studies have looked into the effects of different reproduction methods on these performances. In the present study, participants were randomly assigned to one of three reproduction methods, which included (a) just pressing at the end of the interval, (b) pressing to start and stop the interval, and (c) maintaining continuous pressing during the interval. The study revealed that the three reproduction methods were not equivalent, with the method involving keypresses to start and stop the reproduction showing the highest accuracy, and the method of continuous press generating less variability.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	675-681
Number of pages	7
Journal	Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
Volume	76
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-014-0625-3
State	Published - Apr 2014

Keywords

Method comparison
Motor responses
Time perception
Time reproduction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Sensory Systems
Linguistics and Language

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