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Francisco C Nather1, José L O Bueno, Emmanuel Bigand
1University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. f.nather@hotmail.com
Plos One
|June 4, 2011
Summary
Body posture perception influences time estimation. Pictures of high-arousal postures, requiring more movement, were perceived as longer presented than low-arousal ones, especially for shorter durations.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Embodied Cognition
- Time Perception
Background:
- Embodied cognition suggests that our physical experiences shape our cognitive processes.
- Previous research indicates that bodily states can influence subjective time perception.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if the perceived duration of body posture images is distorted by the embodied movement associated with them.
- To examine how arousal levels of body postures affect time perception.
Main Methods:
- A temporal bisection task was employed using images of low-arousal (minimal movement) and high-arousal (considerable movement) body postures.
- Participants judged the presentation duration of these images against two ranges of standard durations (0.4/1.6 s and 2/8 s).
Main Results:
- Images of high-arousal postures were judged to have longer presentation durations than low-arousal postures.
- This duration overestimation was more pronounced for shorter standard durations compared to longer ones.
- The effect appears to be mediated by arousal influencing the internal clock's speed.
Conclusions:
- The perception of time is influenced by the embodied movement associated with perceived body postures.
- Arousal plays a key role in modulating the internal clock, leading to time perception distortions.
- These findings support the embodied cognition framework in understanding temporal processing.
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