Effects of temporal features and order on the apparent duration of a visual stimulus

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Bruno, Aurelio ^a   Ayhan, Inci ^a   Johnston, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perceived duration; Psychophysics; Speed; Stimulus order; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867052931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00090     Document Type: Article

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