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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Voluntary actions influence subjective time perception.
  • Optimizing interaction with the environment relies on modulating time experience.
  • Prior research often contrasted voluntary vs. involuntary actions, neglecting action type variations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how different types of voluntary actions affect the subjective time experience of action outcomes.
  • To explore the impact of continuous actions on time perception.
  • To differentiate the effects of task-related versus task-unrelated continuous actions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a temporal reproduction task.
  • Participants reproduced auditory stimulus durations after performing voluntary actions.
  • Two experiments manipulated the type of continuous voluntary action performed.

Main Results:

  • Continuous voluntary actions compressed the subjective experience of action outcomes compared to physical time.
  • Task-related continuous actions led to time compression.
  • Adding a task-unrelated continuous action also resulted in time compression, suggesting varied mechanisms.

Conclusions:

  • The type of voluntary action significantly modulates the subjective experience of time.
  • Continuous actions, regardless of task relevance, can compress perceived time.
  • Findings offer insights for intentionally altering time perception in daily life through voluntary actions.