Non-symmetrical effects in the temporal bisection after selective food devaluation in rats

Trains of auditory clicks increase subsequent judgements of stimulus duration by approximately 10%. Scalar timing theory suggests this is due to a 10% increase in pacemaker rate, a main component of the internal clock. The effect has been demonstrated in many timing tasks, including verbal estimation, temporal generalisation, and temporal bisection. However, the effect of click trains has yet to be examined on temporal sensitivity, commonly measured by temporal difference thresholds. We sought to investigate this both experimentally; where we found no significant increase in temporal sensitivity, and computationally; by modelling the temporal difference threshold task according to scalar timing theory. Our experimental null result presented three possibilities which we investigated by simulating a 10% increase in pacemaker rate in a newly-created scalar timing theory model of thresholds. We found that a 10% increase in pacemaker rate led to a significant improvement in temporal sensitivity in only 8.66% of 10,000 simulations. When a 74% increase in pacemaker rate was modelled to simulate the filled-duration illusion, temporal sensitivity was significantly improved in 55.36% of simulations. Therefore, scalar timing theory does predict improved temporal sensitivity for a faster pacemaker, but the effect of click trains (a supposed 10% increase) appears to be too small to be reliably found in the temporal difference threshold task.

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Comparison of Scalar Expectancy Theory (SET) and the Learning-to-Time (LeT) model in a successive temporal bisection task

Behavioural Processes ◽

10.1016/j.beproc.2007.12.008 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 78 (2) ◽

pp. 269-278 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Joana Arantes

Keyword(s):

Expectancy Theory ◽

Scalar Expectancy Theory ◽

Bisection Task ◽

Temporal Bisection ◽

Temporal Bisection Task

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RELATIVE VERSUS ABSOLUTE STIMULUS CONTROL IN THE TEMPORAL BISECTION TASK

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior ◽

10.1901/jeab.2012.98-23 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 98 (1) ◽

pp. 23-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marilia Pinheiro de Carvalho ◽

Armando Machado

Keyword(s):

Stimulus Control ◽

Bisection Task ◽

Temporal Bisection ◽

Temporal Bisection Task

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Periodic Fluctuation of Perceived Duration

i-Perception ◽

10.1177/2041669518760625 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 204166951876062

Author(s):

Shuhei Shima ◽

Yuki Murai ◽

Kenichi Yuasa ◽

Yuki Hashimoto ◽

Yuko Yotsumoto

Keyword(s):

Behavioral Performance ◽

Group Level ◽

Target Interval ◽

Bisection Task ◽

Periodic Fluctuation ◽

Individual Level ◽

Temporal Bisection ◽

Temporal Bisection Task ◽

Cognitively Demanding Tasks ◽

Perceived Duration

In recent years, several studies have reported that the allocation of spatial attention fluctuates periodically. This periodic attention was revealed by measuring behavioral performance as a function of cue-to-target interval in the Posner cueing paradigm. Previous studies reported behavioral oscillations using target detection tasks. Whether the influence of periodic attention extends to cognitively demanding tasks remains unclear. To assess this, we examined the effects of periodic attention on the perception of duration. In the experiment, participants performed a temporal bisection task while a cue was presented with various cue-to-target intervals. Perceived duration fluctuated rhythmically as a function of cue-to-target interval at a group level but not at an individual level when the target was presented on the same side as the attentional cue. The results indicate that the perception of duration is influenced by periodic attention. In other words, periodic attention can influence the performance of cognitively demanding tasks such as the perception of duration.

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Identification of an Age Maturity in Time Discrimination Abilities

Timing & Time Perception ◽

10.1163/22134468-bja10017 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Quentin Hallez ◽

Sylvie Droit-Volet

Keyword(s):

Mathematical Model ◽

Individual Variability ◽

Bisection Task ◽

Time Discrimination ◽

Temporal Bisection ◽

Time Sensitivity ◽

Long Duration ◽

Two Samples ◽

Temporal Bisection Task ◽

Weber Ratio

The aim of this study was to identify the age at which parameters of timing performance in a temporal bisection task converge on an adult-like stable level. Participants in the three- to 20-year-old range were tested using a temporal bisection task with sub-second and supra-second durations. The data were divided into two samples. In the first sample, all participants were integrated into the analysis regardless of their success. In the second sample, only performers were inserted. The point of subjective equality (PSE) and the Weber Ratio (WR) were analyzed for each participant in each sample. By fitting a mathematical model to these parameters as a function of age, we showed a large inter-individual variability in the PSE, such that it does not stabilize with increasing age, i.e., during the significant period of development. Interestingly, time sensitivity (WR) shows a similar pattern through the two samples as adult-like performance appeared at an earlier age for short than for long durations. For the first sample, the modeling of WR data suggests that the children reached an adult-like time sensitivity at the age of six years for the short durations and 8½ years for the long durations. For the second sample, the developmental curve was stable at about the same age for the long duration (seven years), and at earlier age for the short durations, i.e., before three years.

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