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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Auditory Perception

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  • Psychological time research emphasizes subjective duration of stimulus sequences.
  • The temporal oddball illusion, where odd stimuli appear longer, has focused on single events, not entire sequences.
  • The extension of this illusion to sequence duration and its dependence on processing mode remain unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if sequences containing oddballs are perceived as longer than those without.
  • To determine if information processing mode (direct vs. indirect temporal processing) influences this perception.
  • To test the dual-process contingency model of time estimation.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments used musical sequences with and without auditory oddballs (sliding tones).
  • Information processing was manipulated via task, sequence structure, and sequence familiarity.
  • Participants' subjective duration judgments of entire sequences were collected.

Main Results:

  • Sequences with oddballs were perceived as shorter than control sequences during direct temporal processing.
  • Conversely, sequences with oddballs were perceived as longer during indirect temporal processing.
  • Findings were consistent across both experiments and supported the dual-process contingency model.

Conclusions:

  • The temporal oddball illusion's effect on sequence duration is modulated by the mode of temporal processing.
  • Direct temporal processing leads to underestimation of oddball sequences, while indirect processing leads to overestimation.
  • Results offer insights into attention-based, memory-based, and coding efficiency models of time perception.