Life motion signals lengthen perceived temporal duration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Li ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Point light walker; Psychometric function; Temporal expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POINT LIGHT WALKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863236136     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115515109     Document Type: Article

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