How cognitive load affects duration judgments: A meta-analytic review

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-343

  Block, Richard A ^a   Hancock, Peter A ^b   Zakay, Dan ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention; Memory; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953684399     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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