Time Estimation Tasks

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Duration Discrimination Task - English

The duration discrimination task as described in Whitman et al (2007).


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Paced Motor Timing Task - English

A time estimation task in which participants synchronize responses with a steady series of beeps as described in Wittman et al (2007).

Duration: 6 minutes

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Prospective Time Estimation Task - English

The single trial in which the respondent estimates the interval (in seconds) between the onset of two stimul as descripted in Whitman et al (2007).

Duration: 1.5 minutes

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Temporal Reproduction Task - English

Respondents hear a tone play for a given duration, and then interrupt a second tone when they think it has played for the same duration as described in Whitman et al (2007).

Duration: 8 minutes

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Time Wall Estimation Task - English

A time estimation task in which participants estimate when an occluded, moving object reaches a target point as described in Englund et al (1987)

Duration: 2 minutes

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References

Find peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Time Estimation Tasks

Stanley, H. M. (1900). Remarks on time perception. Psychological Review, 7(3), 284-288.

Weber, A. O. (1933). Estimation of time. Psychological Bulletin, 30(3), 233-252.

Fraisse, P. (1984). Perception and estimation of time. Annual Review of Psychology, 35, 1-36.

Wittmann, M., Leland, D.S., Jan Churan, J. & Paulus, M.P.(2007). Impaired time perception and motor timing in stimulant-dependent subjects. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 90, 183–192. (p.184)

Wittmann, M., Leland, D.S., Jan Churan, J. & Paulus, M.P.(2007). Impaired time perception and motor timing in stimulant-dependent subjects. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 90, 183–192.

Anderson, J. W., & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2011). Recovery of time estimation following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychology, 25(1), 36-44.

Wittmann, Marc ; Simmons, Alan N. ; Flagan, Taru ; Lane, Scott D. ; Wackermann, Jiří ; Paulus, Martin P. (2011). Neural substrates of time perception and impulsivity, Brain Research, 2011, Vol.1406, pp.43-58

Melissa J. Allman and Warren H. Meck (2012). Pathophysiological distortions in time perception and timed performance, Brain (2012) 135 (3): 656-677.