Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Explicit Memories

Explicit Memories

Explicit memories, also known as declarative memories, are consciously remembered, recalled, and reported. Studying for a chemistry exam involves material that will become part of explicit memory. There are two types of explicit memory: episodic and semantic.
Episodic memory contains information about personally experienced events and is reported as a story. An example of episodic memory is recalling a birthday celebration. This type of memory includes the what, where, and when of an event, as...

Implicit Differentiation

Implicit Differentiation

In classical mechanics, motion is often described through relationships between spatial coordinates and time. A car moving along a straight highway with constant acceleration serves as a simple case where velocity is an explicit function of time. This scenario results in a linear equation, enabling straightforward analysis using basic differentiation techniques.In contrast, a satellite in circular orbit follows a path defined by an implicit function. The position of the satellite is constrained...

Implicit Memories

Implicit Memories

Implicit memories, also known as non-declarative memories, are long-term memories that function outside of conscious awareness. These memories influence behavior and skills without explicit knowledge. This type of memory is evident in tasks like playing tennis, snowboarding, and texting. Implicit memory has three subsystems: procedural memory, conditioning, and priming. This type of memory is essential in various activities, from everyday tasks to specialized skills.
One key aspect of implicit...

Implicit Differentiation: Problem Solving

Implicit Differentiation: Problem Solving

Curves defined implicitly, where variables cannot be separated algebraically, require specialized techniques for analysis. The conchoid of Nicomedes exemplifies such a case. Its equation links x and y in a way that prevents isolation of one variable, making implicit differentiation essential to determine the slope and behavior at any point on the curve.The implicit form of the conchoid can be expressed as:To differentiate this equation, y is treated as a function of x, and the chain rule is...

Second Derivatives of Implicit Functions

Second Derivatives of Implicit Functions

Elliptical arches are fundamental in architectural and structural engineering, offering aesthetic appeal and structural efficiency. The shape of an elliptical arch follows a constrained geometric relationship where the height and horizontal position are implicitly related. This means that the height y cannot be explicitly expressed as a function of the horizontal position x, necessitating implicit differentiation for slope and curvature analysis.The equation of an ellipse centered at the origin...

Implicit Personality Theories

Implicit Personality Theories

Implicit personality theory explains how individuals make assumptions about the relationships between personality traits, behaviors, and character types. When people learn that someone possesses a particular trait, they tend to infer the presence of other related characteristics, forming a cohesive impression. This cognitive shortcut plays a crucial role in social interactions and interpersonal judgments.Central Traits and Their InfluenceSolomon Asch's seminal 1946 study highlighted the power...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Common electrophysiological signatures of relative magnitude in both space and time.

Scientific reports·2025

Same author

Predicting time, shaping control: Unveiling age-related effects of temporal predictability on the dynamics of cognitive control in 5- to 14-year-old children.

Journal of experimental child psychology·2025

Same author

Leveraging time for better impulse control: Longer intervals help ADHD children inhibit impulsive responses.

PloS one·2025

Same author

When emotion and time meet from human and rodent perspectives: a central role for the amygdala?

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)·2024

Same author

Subjective Time in Ordinary and Non-ordinary States of Consciousness: How Interoceptive Feelings Inform Us About the Passage of Time.

Current topics in behavioral neurosciences·2024

Same author

Affiliation in times of pandemics: Determinants and consequences.

PloS one·2024

Same journal

Cycling travel vlog characteristics and low-carbon tourism intention: The roles of destination image and environmental self-efficacy.

Acta psychologica·2026

Same journal

Predicting occupational burnout among kindergarten teachers: The mediating role of teacher self-efficacy.

Acta psychologica·2026

Same journal

Immediate and delayed effects of multi-element and points-only gamified mobile apps on EFL learners' engagement in English vocabulary learning.

Acta psychologica·2026

Same journal

Impacts of pride, envy and guilt on leadership potential: The indirect role of PsyCap.

Acta psychologica·2026

Same journal

AI-Augmented marketing decision-making and competitive performance: A resource-based view of capability orchestration.

Acta psychologica·2026

Same journal

A longitudinal study on the intergenerational transmission mechanism of music preference on adolescents' emotion regulation.

Acta psychologica·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jan 30, 2026

The "Motor" in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning: A Foot-stepping Serial Reaction Time Task

The "Motor" in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning: A Foot-stepping Serial Reaction Time Task

Published on: May 3, 2018

Explicit and implicit timing in aging.

Sylvie Droit-Volet¹, Fanny Lorandi¹, Jennifer T Coull²

¹Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, UMR 6024, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Acta Psychologica

|January 18, 2019

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Aging does not impair timing accuracy in explicit or implicit tasks. However, older adults showed greater variability in explicit timing due to attention, and a different response strategy in implicit timing.

Keywords:

Aging Hazard function Temporal generalization Temporal prediction Time

More Related Videos

Post-Movie Subliminal Measurement PMSM, for Investigating Implicit Social Bias

Post-Movie Subliminal Measurement PMSM, for Investigating Implicit Social Bias

Published on: February 29, 2020

Author Spotlight: Innovations in iTUG Test for Enhanced Risk Assessment and Cognitive Insights

Author Spotlight: Innovations in iTUG Test for Enhanced Risk Assessment and Cognitive Insights

Published on: October 25, 2024

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jan 30, 2026

The "Motor" in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning: A Foot-stepping Serial Reaction Time Task

The "Motor" in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning: A Foot-stepping Serial Reaction Time Task

Published on: May 3, 2018

Post-Movie Subliminal Measurement PMSM, for Investigating Implicit Social Bias

Post-Movie Subliminal Measurement PMSM, for Investigating Implicit Social Bias

Published on: February 29, 2020

Author Spotlight: Innovations in iTUG Test for Enhanced Risk Assessment and Cognitive Insights

Author Spotlight: Innovations in iTUG Test for Enhanced Risk Assessment and Cognitive Insights

Published on: October 25, 2024

Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Human Aging Research

Background:

Accurate time perception is crucial for daily functioning.
Age-related cognitive changes may impact temporal processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare explicit and implicit timing abilities in young and older adults.
To investigate how aging affects temporal representation and response strategies.

Main Methods:

Familiarization with a reference interval followed by variable inter-stimulus intervals.
Explicit task: duration judgment. Implicit task: reaction time to the second stimulus.
Neuropsychological tests assessed cognitive abilities.

Main Results:

Temporal performance accuracy did not differ between age groups, peaking around the reference interval.
Older adults showed greater variability in explicit timing, linked to lower attention.
Implicit timing revealed age-related differences in reaction times to targets outside the reference interval.

Conclusions:

Accurate duration representation remains intact with normal aging.
Age-related differences in timing tasks are task-dependent and related to cognitive factors like attention.
Older adults may rely more on temporal probability (hazard function) than learned associations in implicit timing.