Time perception during a two-week confinement: Influence of age, sex, IQ, and time of day

Thor, Donald H.; Crawford, M

doi:10.1016/0001-6918(64)90007-1

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“…The first phase, of one or two days, is a period of excitement and physiological activation. This response was also observed by Hanna (1962), Tiller and Figur (1959), Gorbov et al (1964), and Celentano et al (1963). The second phase, from the second to the eighth or tenth day, is characterized by an "unstable adaptation."…”

Section: General Adaptation To Prolonged Restrictive Environmentssupporting

confidence: 72%

“…Tentatively, it may be concluded that sensory restriction for relatively short and long periods results in overestimation and underestimation of the passage of time, respectively, and that intermediate periods have little effect. It may be noted that these effects were not evident in small groups of confined subjects: they estimated the passage of time reasonably well for periods up to two weeks (Fraser, 1968b;Thor and Crawford, 1964).…”

Section: Sensory Perceptual and Motor Factors 95mentioning

confidence: 95%

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Human Factors in Long-Duration Spaceflight

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Section: General Adaptation To Prolonged Restrictive Environmentssupporting

confidence: 72%

Section: Sensory Perceptual and Motor Factors 95mentioning

confidence: 95%

Human Factors in Long-Duration Spaceflight

1972

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“…The idea that significant deviation from "normal" may affect the passage of time is not new. Previous research has examined the effects of being confined to a nuclear fallout bunker [17,18] or self-isolating alone in a cave for a period of weeks or months [19]. In these situations, life was significantly different to normal and significant distortions to the passage of time were observed.…”

Section: Time Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

The passage of time during the UK Covid-19 lockdown

2020

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In March 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK Government imposed social and physical distancing measures on the population. These lockdown measures caused significant changes to all aspects of daily life. The current study examined how the passage of time was distorted during the lockdown period. Using an online questionnaire, day and week passage of time judgments were collected. In addition, measures of affect, task load and satisfaction with current levels of social interaction were taken. The results show that over 80% of participants experienced distortion to the passage of time during lockdown in comparison with normal. The passage of time during the day was predicted by age, stress, task load and satisfaction with current levels of social interaction. A slowing of the passage of time was associated with increasing age, increasing stress, reduced task load and reduced satisfaction with current levels of social interaction. Only age and satisfaction with current levels of social interaction predicted passage of time across a week. Again, increasing age and reduced satisfaction with levels of social interaction were associated with a slowing of the passage of time. These findings demonstrate that significant changes to daily life have a significant impact on our experience of time, with younger, more socially satisfied people more likely to experience time as passing more quickly during the lockdown.

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“…Musicians kept being able to play with the correct rhythm and tempo. There is also no reason to believe that the knowledge of chronometric units (e.g., minutes, days, and months) did not remain intact, although we know that a complete 2-week confinement (with no cues to real time of day) will lead to a plus or minus 3 h accuracy in the estimation of the time of the day (Thor and Crawford, 1964).…”

Section: Psychological Timesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pandemic, Quarantine, and Psychological Time

2020

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This article addresses the feeling of strangeness about the perception of time that many people with ordinary lifestyles experienced during the quarantine imposed to fight the presence of COVID-19. It describes different aspects of psychological time affected by the interruption of a normal routine and suggests some cognitive mechanisms, attention, and memory that might have been at play, leading to perceive time as being more or less long. The article also describes the critical role of anxiety and temporal uncertainty and how they may affect the functioning of an internal clock and reminds the reader that there are individual differences in time-related aspects of the personality that contribute to the variety of impressions about duration experienced during the quarantine.

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Time perception during a two-week confinement: Influence of age, sex, IQ, and time of day

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Human Factors in Long-Duration Spaceflight

Human Factors in Long-Duration Spaceflight

The passage of time during the UK Covid-19 lockdown

Pandemic, Quarantine, and Psychological Time

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