Elaborative rehearsal of nontemporal information interferes with temporal processing of durations in the range of seconds but not milliseconds

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Rammsayer, Thomas ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Distinct timing hypothesis; Dual task; Duration discrimination; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954822333     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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