A different pattern was evident for duration estimation, with no difference between the low- and high-entertainment conditions, but a longer estimation of duration in the switching condition.
The three "classical" timing tasks, verbal estimation of duration, interval production, and temporal reproduction, have been used in Psychology since the 19th century (see Lejeune & Wearden, 2009, for some examples), and are commonly used in recent studies.
Failure to do so biases the estimation of duration dependence upwards, as indicated by the steeper curve, which depicts the average hazard for our baseline model in that case (and which now falls by 68%, from 18.3 to 5.8%, during the first year).
In the Reverse auditory and visual intersensory conditions, opposite effects were found that could indicate a contrast mechanism in the estimation of duration between the two sensory modalities.
While conscious and deliberate temporal processing is required for estimation of duration (to state, for example, whether one CD track lasted longer than another), temporal prediction of future events can often be achieved tacitly [4], [5] without recourse to conscious estimates of duration (for example, starting to sing at the precise moment the next track on a much-loved CD begins).
We also acknowledge that the estimation of duration of daily computer use may under or overestimate the contribution of duration of computer use to the observations made in this study.
The results suggest that a high dose of alcohol increases internal clock speed leading to over-estimations of duration on prospective timing tasks, and the sensation of time passing more quickly than normal.
Importantly, the accuracy of the estimations of duration was limited because of the lack of witnesses.
Whereas SET offers explanations for many aspects of time perception and distortion, it remains unclear how duration information from multiple modalities is integrated to allow a crossmodal estimation of event durations.
Adequate estimation of event durations is critical for both behavioral and cognitive performance, but how does the brain estimate event durations?
