Perceptual complexity, rather than valence or arousal accounts for distracter-induced overproductions of temporal durations

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 147, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-59

  Folta Schoofs, Kristian ^a,b   Wolf, Oliver T ^c   Treue, Stefan ^b   Schoofs, Daniela ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d AMEOS Clinic Hildesheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

2300 Human Experimental Psychology; 2340 Cognitive Processes; Arousal; Attention; Distraction; Emotion; Interval timing; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894247778     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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