Effect of task length on remembered and predicted duration

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 202-207

  Roy, Michael M ^a   Christenfeld, Nicholas J S ^b  

^a ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 50949104513     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.15.1.202     Document Type: Article

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