Is the growth of subjective time in humans a linear or nonlinear function of real time?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1289-1302

  Wearden, J H ^a   Jones, Luke A ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547817722     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600971576     Document Type: Article

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