When time flies: How abstract and concrete mental construal affect the perception of time

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 336-347

  Hansen, Jochim ^a   Trope, Yaacov ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construal level; Mind set; Time estimation; Time perception; Variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881233470     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029283     Document Type: Article

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