Temporal Cognition and the Phenomenology of Time: A Multiplicative Function for Apparent Duration

Author: Glicksohn J.

Source: Consciousness and Cognition, Volume 10, Number 1, March 2001 , pp. 1-25(25)

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Abstract:

The literature on time perception is discussed. This is done with reference both to the “cognitive-timer” model for time estimation and to the subjective experience of apparent duration. Three assumptions underlying the model are scrutinized. I stress the strong interplay among attention, arousal, and time perception, which is at the base of the cognitive-timer model. It is suggested that a multiplicative function of two key components (the number of subjective time units and their size) should predict apparent duration. Implications for other cognitive domains are drawn, and in particular an analogy is suggested between apparent duration and apparent movement. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.

Keywords: Key Words: time estimation; attention; arousal; absorption; meditation; consciousness; apparent motion; space-time

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52100, Israel

Publication date: 2001-03-01