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Investigated the interaction of trait and task in determining duration judgment in 26 university students (aged 20–45 yrs). High and low absorption Ss (determined by median split along an absorption scale) viewed a series of paired slides and related to each pair in 1 of 2 tasks: a metaphor-production task and a story-production task. These tasks were carried out for an objective interval of 15 min, following which the S verbally estimated this duration. From individual protocols average time till response and average time of response were measured. A significant interaction between absorption and task was obtained for the latter 2 variables. In addition, a main effect for task was found for the duration estimation. Results are assessed in terms of both a cognitive-timer model for time estimation and a contextualistic approach to temporal processing.
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See also: Glicksohn, J., & Lipperman-Kreda, S. (2007). Time, thought, and consciousness. The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 28, 289-305.
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The trait (Absorption)-Context (instruction) interaction is investigated here, looking at multiple indices of task performance. I have returned to this topic over the years, each time with increasing depth of analysis. This is especially so regarding the intricate relationship between Absorption and time perception.
Professor Joseph Glicksohn
Bar-Ilan University
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This page is a summary of: Imagination, Absorption and Subjective Time Estimation, Imagination Cognition and Personality, October 1991, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.2190/1gn7-qvmb-bv80-qj1y.
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