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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"perception of time"”.
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Caffeine and Human Perception of Time
<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of caffeine on several components of time perception in an attention-demanding task. Review of the current literature shows that the rhythm of the brain's internal clock, controlled by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which is believed to …
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Patterning in the perception of time
Oxtoby's novel study in 1971 coupled the perception of time to the patterning of stimuli. The present study is an open-ended investigation that further explores this area. It particularly addresses the question of whether or not the ratio of the lengths of successive intervals in a series, affects …
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Numerical magnitude affects the perception of time and intensity
The relative magnitude of an event (number magnitude) can have direct implications on timing judgments. Previous studies have found that large magnitude numbers are perceived to have longer durations than those of smaller numbers. This bias can be accounted for in several ways; first, the internal …
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The role of rhythmic factors in the perception of time
In the past, research into the perception of time and the perception of pattern have proceeded independently. In the present study, the effect of the patterning of stimuli on the perception of time is investigated, and a theory of time perception elaborated. An experiment designed to investigate …
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Memory, Phantasia, and the Perception of Time: A Commentary on Aristotle’s De Memoria Et Reminiscentia
… is a commentary on Aristotle’s treatment of memory and remembering in Aristotle’s De memoria that concentrates on four central issues. First, what is the proper object of memory? There is a general consensus that Aristotle restricts memory to the past, but there is disagreement over what …
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Rate-Accuracy Trade-Off as a Function of Test-Taking Response Styles, Perception of Time, and Test Anxiety: A Training Study
… skills." Subjects were assigned to one of three training conditions: Rate-Accuracy Strategy Training (training helping students establish an optimal test-taking rate between fast, inaccurate and slow, overly cautious extremes), Cognitive Restructuring Training (training emphasizing …
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Space is the now; now is the time!
… ourselves from the indefinite temporal progress of existence. Through architecture, not only do we mark our spatial boundaries, but we also indicate our temporal becoming and existence. However, historically, the temporality of space has only been studied through the lens of history and the …
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Perceiving time through the ‘frame gap’ in experimental cinema
… how it can elucidate the temporal experience of cinema. Through experiments in light and film, this study begins by an intermediary reflection on both film and light. The concept of the ‘frame gap’, which is developed in this thesis, draws on the technique from animation practice and refers to …
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Dimensions of Time and Social Togetherness
In his Philosophy of the Present, George Herbert Mead urges to "take time seriously." At the opening of the book he declares that "the present implies past and future, and to these we (Mead) deny existence." This leads to the basic proposition that time exists in the present only, and that past and …
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Frames of Time: Ephemeral Time, Anamorphic Time, Preserved Time--Through the Composition of Light, Material, and Form
'Frames of Time' explores how architecture, like photography, can frame and capture our perception of time. Through the manipulation of light, material, and composition, architecture becomes not just a container of moments, but an active participant in how they unfold and are remembered. Inspired …
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Representing and analyzing temporal complexity in children's story books
… is analyzed to better understand the development of children's perception of time. The temporal complexity increases both in greater deviations from a chronological presentation of events, as well as an increase in the different kinds of temporal relations between events. Tools to analyze and …
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The Vestibular System's Influence on the Perceived Duration of Lights, Sounds, and Touches
Time perception is essential to human experience, but factors like microgravity can alter it (Navarro Morales et al., 2023). To explore the role of gravity, I compared time perception in standing and supine postures. Participants (n=124) judged whether stimuli (light, sound, tactile vibration) …
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The relationship between time estimation and an individual's ability to delay gratification
… ability to accurately estimate the passage of time and his or her ability to delay gratification. In this study, undergraduate students were asked to estimate time intervals using a time estimation computer program and to provide a verbal estimation of time intervals. These scores were then …
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Slowing Down Time: studies on spatial time
The experience of time is not fixed by a rigid mathematical measure, instead, it flows at vaying rates. There are certain occasions in which we would like to extend time with all our force, up to the limit of our stretched arms and further. Conversely there are moments which we'd like to last no …
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The SPEED Study: <b>S</b>elf <b>P</b>aced <b>E</b>xercise and <b>E</b>ndpoint <b>D</b>efinition
<p>The amount of effort people place into exercise sessions, as well as their attention, affect and perceptions are influenced by a range of psychophysiological factors that can influence subsequent participation and performance. Awareness of the duration or distance of an exercise session, …
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Neurophysiological Aspects of Time Perception
… the source structure and the amplitudes of the evoked fields and potentials recorded during the fulfillment of an attentional task on discriminating durations were investigated. This was done for tones, tone pauses, pictures and picture pauses to investigate the dependence upon sensory …
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Bede's eschatological thought
This thesis examines the eschatological thought of Bede (673-735). Relevant content is drawn from a wide range of Bede’s exegetical and non-exegetical works. The world ages analogy, crucial to Bede’s perception of time, chronology and eschatology, is discussed in the first four chapters. These …
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Collecting Contemporary Art: a visual analysis of a qualitative investigation into patterns of collecting and production
The dissertation presents a cultural analysis of contemporary art collecting and art production with an illustration of patterns that overlap in collecting and art production practices in contemporary art. The illustrated visual network shows how institutions, local context, social strategies and …
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