The perception of time : your questions answered / Simon Grondin.

Using a concise question and answer format, The Perception of Time: Your Questions Answered examines basic temporal processes and the ways in which our perception of time can be altered. Divided into three parts, the book provides a contemporary overview of the study of the temporal mind. It begins...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Grondin, Simon (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; PART 1 Basic Temporal Processes; 1 How Are Timing and Time Perception Studied?; General Distinctions; Specific Investigation Methods; Methods Based on Comparison; Comparisons With an Implicit Standard; Other Methods or Performance Indexes; Conclusion; References; 2 Do Psychophysical Laws Hold for Time Perception?; The Psychophysical Law; Weber's Law; Law of Vierordt; Conclusion; References; 3 Is Psychological Time Punctuated With Critical Durations?; Nature of Temporal Experiences; Around Time 0; Psychological Moment.
  • Automatic ProcessingMaximum Sensitivity; One Second as a Transition Point; Psychological Present; Conclusion; References; 4 Do We Have an Internal Clock?; Types of Mechanisms; Pacemaker-Counter Device; An Information Processing Version; Conclusion; References; 5 Which Parts of the Brain Are Involved in the Processing of Temporal Information?; Positioning of the Problem; Noncentral Timing; Cortical Areas; Subcortical Structures; Cerebellum; Conclusion; References; 6 Is Temporal Information Processing Based on Rhythm?; Number of Intervals and Their Role; Unique Intervals vs. Rhythm.
  • Attending, Attention, and EntrainmentRegularity, Cognitive Efficiency, and Brain; Conclusion; References; 7 Does the Perception of Time Emerge From Our Senses?; Senses for Addressing the Internal Clock Issue; Intramodal Processing of Duration; Conclusion; References; 8 Can We Improve the Processing of Temporal Information?; Training and Intramodal Transfer; Training and Intermodal Transfer; Transfer Towards Other Types of Activity; Conclusion; References; 9 What Is the Influence of Attention on Time Perception?; Retrospective Judgments; Prospective Judgments; With or Without an Internal Clock.
  • ConclusionReferences; 10 How Does Space Affect Time Judgments?; Kappa Effect; Influence of Movement; Conclusion; References; 11 What Factors Cause Temporal Distortions?; Perceptual Effects; Cognitive Effects; Body Effects; Conclusion; References; PART 2 Time and Pathologies; 12 What Experience of Time Do People With Schizophrenia Have?; Continuity and Order of Sensory Events; Explicit Judgments on Duration; Neuroscience Data; Conclusion; References; 13 What Relation to Time Do Autistic People Have?; Temporal Rigidity; Performances With Classical Temporal Tasks; Conclusion; References.
  • 14 How Is ADHD Linked to Temporal Problems?Deficits in the Processing of Temporal Information; Neurological Bases of Temporal Disorders in ADHD; Aversion to Delays; Conclusion; References; 15 Does a Depressive State Affect Time Perception?; Classical Temporal Tasks; Temporal Orientation and Impression; Conclusion; References; 16 Does Anxiety Affect Time Perception?; Classical Temporal Tasks; Temporal Orientation; Conclusion; References; 17 How Is Parkinson's Disease Related to the Processing of Temporal Information?; Temporal Tasks Involving Motor Skills; Perceptual Temporal Tasks; Emotions.