Distortions of Subjective Time Perception Within and Across Senses

Background: The ability to estimate the passage of time is of fundamental importance for perceptual and cognitive processes. One experience of time is the perception of duration, which is not isomorphic to physical duration and can be distorted by a number of factors. Yet, the critical features generating these perceptual shifts in subjective duration are not understood. Methodology/Findings: We used prospective duration judgments within and across sensory modalities to examine the effect of stimulus predictability and feature change on the perception of duration. First, we found robust distortions of perceived duration in auditory, visual and auditory-visual presentations despite the predictability of the feature changes in the stimuli. For example, a looming disc embedded in a series of steady discs led to time dilation, whereas a steady disc embedded in a series of looming discs led to time compression. Second, we addressed whether visual (auditory) inputs could alter the perception of duration of auditory (visual) inputs. When participants were presented with incongruent audio-visual stimuli, the perceived duration of auditory events could be shortened or lengthened by the presence of conflicting visual information; however, the perceived duration of visual events was seldom distorted by the presence of auditory information and was never perceived shorter than their actual durations. Conclusions/Significance: These results support the existence of multisensory interactions in the perception of duration and, importantly, suggest that vision can modify auditory temporal perception in a pure timing task. Insofar as distortions in subjective duration can neither be accounted for by the unpredictability of an auditory, visual or auditory-visual event, we propose that it is the intrinsic features of the stimulus that critically affect subjective time distortions

II. — Livres

Anzieu D., Bresson F., Buser P., Ehrlich Stéphane, Faverge Jean-Marie, Fessard Alfred, Fraisse Paul, Jampolsky P., Oléron Geneviève, Oléron Pierre, Reuchlin Maurice, Roche M. II. — Livres. In: L'année psychologique. 1953 vol. 53, n°2. pp. 673-704

II. — Livres

Anzieu D., Bresson F., Buser P., Ehrlich Stéphane, Faverge Jean-Marie, Fessard Alfred, Fraisse Paul, Jampolsky P., Oléron Geneviève, Oléron Pierre, Reuchlin Maurice, Roche M. II. — Livres. In: L'année psychologique. 1953 vol. 53, n°2. pp. 673-704

V. Psychologie pédagogique.

Hiriartborde E., Jampolsky P., Oléron Pierre, Rausch de Traubenberg N., Zazzo René, Gratiot-Alphandéry H. V. Psychologie pédagogique.. In: L'année psychologique. 1955 vol. 55, n°2. pp. 548-557

V. Psychologie pédagogique.

Hiriartborde E., Jampolsky P., Oléron Pierre, Rausch de Traubenberg N., Zazzo René, Gratiot-Alphandéry H. V. Psychologie pédagogique.. In: L'année psychologique. 1955 vol. 55, n°2. pp. 548-557

I. — Psychologie générale. Traités : Par C. Andrieux, F. Bresson, S. Ehrlich, C. Flament, C. Florès, P. Fraisse, Y. Galifret, N. Heissler, P. Jampolsky, F. Jodelet, J. Le Ny, G. Oléron, P. Oléron, F. Orsini, H. Piéron

Andrieux Cécile, Bresson F., Ehrlich Stéphane, Flament Claude, Florès César, Fraisse P, Galifret Yves, Heissler N., Jampolsky P., Jodelet François, Le Ny Jean-François, Oléron Geneviève, Oléron Pierre, Orsini F., Piéron Henri. I. — Psychologie générale. Traités : Par C. Andrieux, F. Bresson, S. Ehrlich, C. Flament, C. Florès, P. Fraisse, Y. Galifret, N. Heissler, P. Jampolsky, F. Jodelet, J. Le Ny, G. Oléron, P. Oléron, F. Orsini, H. Piéron. In: L'année psychologique. 1959 vol. 59, n°1. pp. 291-319

I. Psychologie générale. Traités

Andrieux C., Bacher F., Bresson F., Durandin G., Ehrlich Stéphane, Faverge Jean-Marie, Florès César, Guerdet A.-M., Jampolsky P., Lambert Roger, Oléron Geneviève, Oléron Pierre, Orsini F., Piéron Henri, Rausch de Traubenberg N., Valin E. I. Psychologie générale. Traités. In: L'année psychologique. 1957 vol. 57, n°2. pp. 555-573

I. Psychologie générale : Par F. Bresson, R. Chocholle, S. Ehrlich, C. Florès, P. Jampolsky, P. Oléron, F. Orsini, R. Perron, E. Vurpillot

Bresson F., Chocholle R., Ehrlich Stéphane, Florès César, Jampolsky P., Oléron Pierre, Orsini F., Perron R., Vurpillot Eliane. I. Psychologie générale : Par F. Bresson, R. Chocholle, S. Ehrlich, C. Florès, P. Jampolsky, P. Oléron, F. Orsini, R. Perron, E. Vurpillot. In: L'année psychologique. 1957 vol. 57, n°1. pp. 283-293

I. Psychologie générale : Par F. Bresson, R. Chocholle, S. Ehrlich, C. Florès, P. Jampolsky, P. Oléron, F. Orsini, R. Perron, E. Vurpillot

Bresson F., Chocholle R., Ehrlich Stéphane, Florès César, Jampolsky P., Oléron Pierre, Orsini F., Perron R., Vurpillot Eliane. I. Psychologie générale : Par F. Bresson, R. Chocholle, S. Ehrlich, C. Florès, P. Jampolsky, P. Oléron, F. Orsini, R. Perron, E. Vurpillot. In: L'année psychologique. 1957 vol. 57, n°1. pp. 283-293