Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory System
Background: There is evidence that temporal duration is spatially represented on a horizontal mental timeline (MTL) with relatively short durations represented on the left and long duration on the right side. Most of this evidence comes from the visual domain. Objective: With the present study, we i...
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| author | Gaetana Chillemi Francesco Corallo Alessandro Calamuneri Adriana Salatino Alberto Cacciola Raffaella Ricci Angelo Quartarone |
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| description | Background: There is evidence that temporal duration is spatially represented on a horizontal mental timeline (MTL) with relatively short durations represented on the left and long duration on the right side. Most of this evidence comes from the visual domain. Objective: With the present study, we investigated whether temporal duration judgements of visual and auditory stimuli might be affected by spatial biases in time representation. Methods: Participants were asked to estimate the temporal duration of a target with respect to a reference stimulus. Two different exposure times were used for the reference (fast and slow), and three exposure times for the target with respect to the reference (shorter, equal, longer). Two versions of the task were implemented to probe visual and auditory temporal processing. Results: Participants showed enhanced performance when the target had longer duration than the reference independently of the type of task, but they were affected in opposite ways by the reference exposure time, in the two tasks. Best performance was observed for the fast reference in the visual domain and for the slow reference in the auditory one. Discussion: We argue that these findings provide evidence that temporal judgments of visual and auditory stimuli are affected by the duration of the reference stimulus, besides the duration of the target stimulus. Interestingly, they suggest putative leftward and rightward spatial biases in time representation for the visual and auditory domains, respectively, although future studies are necessary to further investigate these initial findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d24fceeca8a0400da2d6c28165c0b4712023-11-23T18:39:23ZengMDPI AGPsych2624-86112022-07-014339640310.3390/psych4030033Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory SystemGaetana Chillemi0Francesco Corallo1Alessandro Calamuneri2Adriana Salatino3Alberto Cacciola4Raffaella Ricci5Angelo Quartarone6U.O.C. of Degenerative Involutive and Psychiatric Diseases, ASP AG 1, Viale delle Vittorie, 92100 Agrigento, ItalyIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Contrada Casazza, SS113, 98124 Messina, ItalyEuromediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, I.E.ME.S.T., 90123 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Torino, 10123 Torino, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Torino, 10123 Torino, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, ItalyBackground: There is evidence that temporal duration is spatially represented on a horizontal mental timeline (MTL) with relatively short durations represented on the left and long duration on the right side. Most of this evidence comes from the visual domain. Objective: With the present study, we investigated whether temporal duration judgements of visual and auditory stimuli might be affected by spatial biases in time representation. Methods: Participants were asked to estimate the temporal duration of a target with respect to a reference stimulus. Two different exposure times were used for the reference (fast and slow), and three exposure times for the target with respect to the reference (shorter, equal, longer). Two versions of the task were implemented to probe visual and auditory temporal processing. Results: Participants showed enhanced performance when the target had longer duration than the reference independently of the type of task, but they were affected in opposite ways by the reference exposure time, in the two tasks. Best performance was observed for the fast reference in the visual domain and for the slow reference in the auditory one. Discussion: We argue that these findings provide evidence that temporal judgments of visual and auditory stimuli are affected by the duration of the reference stimulus, besides the duration of the target stimulus. Interestingly, they suggest putative leftward and rightward spatial biases in time representation for the visual and auditory domains, respectively, although future studies are necessary to further investigate these initial findings.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8611/4/3/33auditory systemvisual systemattention biasexposure timetargetreference |
| spellingShingle | Gaetana Chillemi Francesco Corallo Alessandro Calamuneri Adriana Salatino Alberto Cacciola Raffaella Ricci Angelo Quartarone Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory System Psych auditory system visual system attention bias exposure time target reference |
| title | Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory System |
| title_full | Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory System |
| title_fullStr | Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory System |
| title_short | Biases of Temporal Duration Judgements in Visual and Auditory System |
| title_sort | biases of temporal duration judgements in visual and auditory system |
| topic | auditory system visual system attention bias exposure time target reference |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8611/4/3/33 |
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