Title
How cognitive load affects duration judgments: A meta-analytic review
Abbreviated Journal Title
Acta Psychol.
Keywords
Time estimation; Attention; Memory; CHILDRENS TIME PERCEPTION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE; SHORT-TERM-MEMORY; REMEMBERED DURATION; APPARENT DURATION; WORKING-MEMORY; PROCESSING; DEMANDS; RECOGNITION MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME; TEMPORAL INTERVALS; Psychology, Experimental
Abstract
A meta-analysis of 117 experiments evaluated the effects of cognitive load on duration judgments. Cognitive load refers to information-processing (attentional or working-memory) demands. Six types of cognitive load were analyzed to resolve ongoing controversies and to test current duration judgment theories. Duration judgments depend on whether or not participants are informed in advance that they are needed: prospective paradigm (informed) versus retrospective paradigm (not informed). With higher cognitive load, the prospective duration judgment ratio (subjective duration to objective duration) decreases but the retrospective ratio increases. Thus, the duration judgment ratio differs depending on the paradigm and the specific type of cognitive load. As assessed by the coefficient of variation, relative variability of prospective, but not retrospective, judgments increases with cognitive load. The prospective findings support models emphasizing attentional resources, especially executive control. The retrospective findings support models emphasizing memory changes. Alternative theories do not fit with the meta-analytic findings and are rejected. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Acta Psychologica
Volume
134
Issue/Number
3
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Document Type
Review
Language
English
First Page
330
Last Page
343
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0001-6918
Recommended Citation
"How cognitive load affects duration judgments: A meta-analytic review" (2010). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 7132.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/7132
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