Violation of the scalar property for time perception between 1 and 2 seconds: Evidence from interval discrimination, reproduction, and categorization

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 880-890

  Grondin, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Scalar timing; Temporal processing; Time perception; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEARING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873720979     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027188     Document Type: Article

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