The impact of attention on the internal clock in prospective timing: Is it direct or indirect?

Pierre Luc Gamache; Simon Grondin; Dan Zakay

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-21478-3_12

The impact of attention on the internal clock in prospective timing: Is it direct or indirect?

Pierre Luc Gamache, Simon Grondin, Dan Zakay

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A debate about the nature of the influence of attention on prospective timing exists. According to one approach, attention directly influences the internal clock and determines how many pulses emitted by a pacemaker will be accumulated in a given time unit ("direct-impact" hypothesis). According to a different view ("indirect-impact" hypothesis), attention does not influence the internal clock directly but rather indirectly. In order to test the "direct-impact" hypothesis, an experiment was conducted, in which the amount of attentional resources available for timing was determined before the onset of a target interval. It was found that prospective timing of a target interval was affected by the manipulation, which took place before it even started. Although the results do not allow discarding the "indirect-impact" hypothesis, they are certainly consistent with the "direct-impact" hypothesis. Further research is needed in order to determine which approach can provide the best explanation for the findings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - COST TD0904 International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers
Pages	137-150
Number of pages	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21478-3_12
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	COST TD0904 International Workshop on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - Athens, Greece Duration: 7 Oct 2010 → 8 Oct 2010

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	6789 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	COST TD0904 International Workshop on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	7/10/10 → 8/10/10

Keywords

Attention
Attentional Gate Model
Internal Clock
Prospective Duration Estimation

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Gamache, P. L., Grondin, S., & Zakay, D. (2011). The impact of attention on the internal clock in prospective timing: Is it direct or indirect? In Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - COST TD0904 International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 137-150). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6789 LNAI). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21478-3_12

Gamache, Pierre Luc ; Grondin, Simon ; Zakay, Dan. / The impact of attention on the internal clock in prospective timing : Is it direct or indirect?. Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - COST TD0904 International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers. 2011. pp. 137-150 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Gamache, PL, Grondin, S & Zakay, D 2011, The impact of attention on the internal clock in prospective timing: Is it direct or indirect? in Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - COST TD0904 International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6789 LNAI, pp. 137-150, COST TD0904 International Workshop on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception, Athens, Greece, 7/10/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21478-3_12

The impact of attention on the internal clock in prospective timing : Is it direct or indirect? / Gamache, Pierre Luc; Grondin, Simon; Zakay, Dan.

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - COST TD0904 International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers. 2011. p. 137-150 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6789 LNAI).

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