Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased.

Two experiments illustrate that the perception of a given time duration slows when white participants observe faces of black men, but only if participants are concerned with appearing biased. In Experiment 1 the concern with the appearance of bias is measured as a chronic state using the external mo...

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Main Authors: Gordon B Moskowitz, Irmak Olcaysoy Okten, Cynthia M Gooch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5549696?pdf=render
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description Two experiments illustrate that the perception of a given time duration slows when white participants observe faces of black men, but only if participants are concerned with appearing biased. In Experiment 1 the concern with the appearance of bias is measured as a chronic state using the external motivation to respond without prejudice scale (Plant & Devine, 1998). In Experiment 2 it is manipulated by varying the race of the experimenter (black versus white). Time perception is assessed via a temporal discrimination task commonly used in the literature. Models of time perception identify arousal as a factor that causes perceived time to slow, and we speculate that arousal arising in intergroup interactions can alter time perception.
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spelling doaj.art-d7b726726a8042f2bec0f7499c4de68a2022-12-22T02:17:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01128e018224110.1371/journal.pone.0182241Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased.Gordon B MoskowitzIrmak Olcaysoy OktenCynthia M GoochTwo experiments illustrate that the perception of a given time duration slows when white participants observe faces of black men, but only if participants are concerned with appearing biased. In Experiment 1 the concern with the appearance of bias is measured as a chronic state using the external motivation to respond without prejudice scale (Plant & Devine, 1998). In Experiment 2 it is manipulated by varying the race of the experimenter (black versus white). Time perception is assessed via a temporal discrimination task commonly used in the literature. Models of time perception identify arousal as a factor that causes perceived time to slow, and we speculate that arousal arising in intergroup interactions can alter time perception.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5549696?pdf=render
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Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased.
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