A Developmental Trend in the Structure of Time-Estimation Performance

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The current paper reports analyses of the structure of variability in a time-estimation task. Children between 5 and 11 years pressed a button each time they judged that a brief time interval had passed. In two conditions, children either picked their own time interval, their preferred pace, or they were given an imposed pace of 400 ms (2.5 Hz). The resulting trial series were subjected to detrended fluctuation analysis to estimate the complexity of the temporal coordination between child and task. Results show a developmental trend, from an overly random to more clearly fractal performance when the target time interval was predetermined by the experimenter, but not when the target time interval was chosen spontaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExpanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011
EditorsLaura Carlson, Christoph Hoelscher, Thomas F. Shipley
Number of pages5
Place of PublicationAustin. Texas
PublisherThe Cognitive Science Society
Publication date2011
Pages3547-3551
ISBN (electronic)9780976831877
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventConference - 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2011: Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Boston, United States
Duration: 20.07.201123.07.2011
Conference number: 33
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    Research areas

  • cognitive development, pink noise, time estimation
  • Psychology