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.
Recommended Citation
Matlock, Kevin II, "Does spatial information bias how we perceive time?" (2010). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 1309.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/1309
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/1v53k0599