Does spatial information bias how we perceive time?

Graduation Date

2010

Document Type

Thesis

Program

Other

Program

Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, Psychology: Academic Research, Biological Psychology, 2010

Committee Chair Name

Ethan Gahtan

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

Temporal perception, Tau effect, Evolution, Perception, Space, Psychology, Time, Kappa effect, Spatial perception, Humboldt State University -- Theses -- Psychology

Abstract

Casasanto and Boroditsky (2008) report that spatial information influences the way we perceive time. The present study aimed to replicate this finding using an abbreviated version of their experimental design. Seventy-five lines of various lengths were presented for different amounts of time. After viewing each line, participants were asked to estimate either the line's length or its display duration. Participants in the present study judged lines to be longer when they were shown for a greater period of time, indicating that temporal information influenced the way space was perceived, which contradicted the results reported by Casasanto and Boroditsky. Overall, the present study illustrates that the influence of temporal information on spatial perception may be a perceptual phenomenon separate from the influence of spatial information on temporal perception, with level of fatigue acting as the determining factor for which relationship is expressed.

https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/1v53k0599

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