Title |
Relativity Theory and Time Perception: Single or Multiple Clocks?
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2009
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006268 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Catalin V. Buhusi, Warren H. Meck |
Abstract |
Current theories of interval timing assume that humans and other animals time as if using a single, absolute stopwatch that can be stopped or reset on command. Here we evaluate the alternative view that psychological time is represented by multiple clocks, and that these clocks create separate temporal contexts by which duration is judged in a relative manner. Two predictions of the multiple-clock hypothesis were tested. First, that the multiple clocks can be manipulated (stopped and/or reset) independently. Second, that an event of a given physical duration would be perceived as having different durations in different temporal contexts, i.e., would be judged differently by each clock. |
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