McCormack, Teresa, Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), Maylor, Elizabeth A., Darby , Richard J, and Green, Dina. (1999) Developmental changes in time estimation: comparing childhood and old age. Development Psychology, Vol.35 (No.4). pp. 1143-1155. ISSN 0012-1649

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Abstract

Participants from ages 5 to 99 years completed 2 time estimation tasks: a temporal generalization task and a temporal bisection task. Developmental differences in overall levels of performance were found at both ends of the life span and were more marked on the generalization task than the bisection task. Older adults and children performed at lower levels than young adults, but there were also qualitative differences in the patterns of errors made by the older adults and the children. To capture these findings, the authors propose a new developmental model of temporal generalization and bisection. The model assumes developmental changes across the life span in the noisiness of initial perceptual encoding and across childhood in the extent to which long-term memory of time intervals is distorted.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Developmental psychology, Age (Psychology), Human information processing -- Age factors, Time perception
Journal or Publication Title:	Development Psychology
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0012-1649
Date:	July 1999
Volume:	Vol.35
Number:	No.4
Number of Pages:	13
Page Range:	pp. 1143-1155
Identification Number:	10.1037/0012-1649.35.4.1143
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC)
Grant number:	G9608199 (MRC), G9606610N (MRC), R000232576 (ESRC)
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