Volume 7, Number 10, Article 2, Pages 1-5 doi:10.1167/7.10.2 http://journalofvision.org/7/10/2/ ISSN 1534-7362
Larger stimuli are judged to last longer
Bin Xuan
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Daren Zhang
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Sheng He
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Xiangchuan Chen
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Abstract

Representing magnitude information in various dimensions, including space, quantity, and time, is an important function of the human brain. Many previous studies reported that numerical and spatial magnitudes could be mutually influenced through a “mental number line”. In this study, we address the question of whether magnitudes in nontemporal dimensions and magnitudes in time are represented independently or not. Observers judged the duration of the stimuli while four types of nontemporal magnitude information, including number of dots, size of open squares, luminance of solid squares, and numeric value of digits, were manipulated in Stroop-like paradigms. Results revealed that stimuli with larger magnitudes in these nontemporal dimensions were judged to be temporally longer. This observation supports the idea that magnitudes in temporal and nontemporal dimensions are not independent and implies the existence of generalized and abstract components in the magnitude representations.

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Received December 13, 2006; published July 6, 2007
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Xuan, B., Zhang, D., He, S., & Chen, X. (2007). Larger stimuli are judged to last longer. Journal of Vision, 7(10):2, 1-5, http://journalofvision.org/7/10/2/, doi:10.1167/7.10.2.
Keywords
time perception, magnitude, Stroop effect
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