COUNTING ELIMINATES THE REPETITION EFFECT IN JUDGMENTS OF TEMPORAL DURATION

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作者
HICKS, RE [1 ]
ALLEN, DA [1 ]
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[1] UNION UNIV UNION COLL,DEPT PSYCHOL,SCHENECTADY,NY 12308
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10.1016/0001-6918(79)90030-1
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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College student subjects estimated the duration of time intervals (8-54 sec) by counting or not (N=35 per group). Counting eliminated the repetition effect (a decline in the magnitude of estimations across trials), and resulted in a truncation of the psychophysical function. The former result was interpreted as contrary to Treisman's (1963) model. The latter result was attributed to the effortfulness of counting, which was established in a subsequent experiment. © 1979.
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