A further analysis of time bisection behavior in children with and without reference memory: the similarity and the partition task.

Full Abstract

Experiment 1 compared the temporal performance of 5-year-olds, 8-year-olds and adults in a bisection task with and without referent durations (similarity vs. partition). The results showed that temporal sensitivity was lower in the partition than in the similarity condition in children, whereas it was similar in these two conditions in the adults. In addition, the 5-year-olds produced a higher bisection point value in the partition than in the similarity task. Experiment 2, which examined changes in bisection performance over the trial blocks in the partition task, revealed that the 5-year-olds' bisection performance improved over the trial blocks, whereas the performance of the older participants did not. Further analyses revealed a greater variability in the establishment of the duration criterion in young children.

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Author information

Author/s: Droit-Volet, Sylvie (S); Rattat, Anne-Claire (AC);

Affiliation: Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale et Cognitive, CNRS (UMR 6024), Blaise Pascal University, 34 avenue Carnot, 63037 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France. Sylvie.Droit(-atsign-)srvpsy.univ-bpclermont.fr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Acta psychologica (Acta Psychol (Amst)), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Jun; vol 125 (issue 2) : pp 240-56

Dates: Created 2007/05/22; Completed 2007/08/17;

PMID: 17055990, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Acoustic Stimulation - methods
Adult
Age Factors
Analysis of Variance
Child
Child Behavior - psychology
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans

Humans
Male
Memory - physiology
Photic Stimulation - methods
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Recognition (Psychology) - physiology
Task Performance and Analysis
Time Factors
Time Perception - physiology

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