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@ARTICLE{Riemer:164817,
author = {Riemer, Martin and Vieweg, Paula and van Rijn, Hedderik and
Wolbers, Thomas},
title = {{R}educing the tendency for chronometric counting in
duration discrimination tasks},
journal = {Attention, perception, $\&$ psychophysics},
volume = {84},
number = {8},
issn = {0031-5117},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {DZNE-2022-01261},
pages = {2641-2654},
year = {2022},
note = {CC BY},
abstract = {Chronometric counting is a prevalent issue in the study of
human time perception as it reduces the construct validity
of tasks and can conceal existing timing deficits. Several
methods have been proposed to prevent counting strategies,
but the factors promoting those strategies in specific tasks
are largely uninvestigated. Here, we modified a classical
two-interval duration discrimination task in two aspects
that could affect the tendency to apply counting strategies.
We removed the pause between the two intervals and changed
the task instructions: Participants decided whether a short
event occurred in the first or in the second half of a
reference duration. In Experiment 1, both classical and
modified task versions were performed under timing
conditions, in which participants were asked not to count,
and counting conditions, in which counting was explicitly
instructed. The task modifications led to (i) a general
decrease in judgment precision, (ii) a shift of the point of
subjective equality, and (iii) a counting-related increase
in reaction times, suggesting enhanced cognitive effort of
counting during the modified task version. Precision in the
two task versions was not differently affected by instructed
counting. Experiment 2 demonstrates that—in the absence of
any counting-related instructions—participants are less
likely to engage in spontaneous counting in the modified
task version. These results enhance our understanding of the
two-interval duration discrimination task and demonstrate
that the modifications tested here—although they do not
significantly reduce the effectiveness of instructed
counting—can diminish the spontaneous tendency to adopt
counting strategies.},
keywords = {Humans / Time Perception / Reaction Time / Judgment / Time
Factors},
cin = {AG Wolbers},
ddc = {150},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310002},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:35701662},
pmc = {pmc:PMC9630250},
doi = {10.3758/s13414-022-02523-1},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/164817},
}