Me, myself and you: How self-consciousness influences time perception

Several investigations have shown that the processing of self-relevant information differs from processing objective information. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of social stimuli on subjective time processing. Here, social stimuli are images of an unknown male and female person an...

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Published in:Attention, perception & psychophysics perception & psychophysics, 2023-11, Vol.85 (8), p.2626-2636
Main Authors: Mioni, Giovanna, Zangrossi, Andrea, Cipolletta, Sabrina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
College Students
Consciousness
Context Effect
Cultural Differences
Empathy
Females
Imitation
Individual Differences
Investigations
Males
Observation
Perceptions
Resistance (Psychology)
Sample Size
Self awareness
Social Environment
Statistical power
Stimuli
University students
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Summary:Several investigations have shown that the processing of self-relevant information differs from processing objective information. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of social stimuli on subjective time processing. Here, social stimuli are images of an unknown male and female person and an image of participants' self. Forty university students were tested with a time reproduction task in which they were asked to reproduce the duration of the stimulus previously presented. Images of others or themselves were used to mark the temporal intervals. Participants also performed questionnaires to evaluate the level of anxiety and depression as well as self-consciousness. A generalised linear mixed-effects model approach was adopted. Results showed that male participants with higher Private Self-Consciousness scores showed higher time perception accuracy than females. Also, female participants reported higher scores for the Public Self-Consciousness subscale than male participants. The findings are discussed in terms of social context models of how attention is solicited and arousal is generated by social stimuli, highlighting the effect of social context on subjective perception of time.
ISSN:1943-3921
1943-393X
DOI:10.3758/sl3414-023-02767-5