Auditory and Visual Differences in Time Perception? An Investigation from a Developmental Perspective with Neuropsychological Tests

Autor/inn/en	Zelanti, Pierre S.; Droit-Volet, Sylvie
Titel	Auditory and Visual Differences in Time Perception? An Investigation from a Developmental Perspective with Neuropsychological Tests
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 112 (2012) 3, S.296-311 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2012.01.003
Schlagwörter	Visual Stimuli; Auditory Stimuli; Short Term Memory; Adults; Children; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; Time Factors (Learning); Spatial Ability; Age Differences; Cognitive Processes; Executive Function; Tests; Attention; Investigations; Research; Neuropsychology; Science Education; Experimental Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auditive Stimulation; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Child; Kind; Kinder; Aufgabenanalyse; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Aufmerksamkeit; Untersuchung; Forschung; Neuropsychologie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Experimentelle Psychologie
Abstract	Adults and children (5- and 8-year-olds) performed a temporal bisection task with either auditory or visual signals and either a short (0.5-1.0s) or long (4.0-8.0s) duration range. Their working memory and attentional capacities were assessed by a series of neuropsychological tests administered in both the auditory and visual modalities. Results showed an age-related improvement in the ability to discriminate time regardless of the sensory modality and duration. However, this improvement was seen to occur more quickly for auditory signals than for visual signals and for short durations rather than for long durations. The younger children exhibited the poorest ability to discriminate time for long durations presented in the visual modality. Statistical analyses of the neuropsychological scores revealed that an increase in working memory and attentional capacities in the visuospatial modality was the best predictor of age-related changes in temporal bisection performance for both visual and auditory stimuli. In addition, the poorer time sensitivity for visual stimuli than for auditory stimuli, especially in the younger children, was explained by the fact that the temporal processing of visual stimuli requires more executive attention than that of auditory stimuli. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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