Time estimation: effects of attentional focus and a comparison of interval conditions.

Time estimation was studied as a function of the subject's attention to the stimulus interval and the stimulus condition of the standard interval. 111 subjects from lower level psychology classes were randomly assigned to a interval condition. Time estimation of a standard interval was significantly lower when sujects attended to the stimulus material than when attending to the interval of passing time. A significant difference was not obtained among the three intervals.

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