Physical load affects duration judgments: A meta-analytic review

This article reports a meta-analytic review of seven extant experiments, with 235 participants, concerning effects of physical workload on duration judgments. It also provides a qualitative assessment of related studies that, for specific reasons, were not includable in the quantitative meta-analysi...

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Published in:Acta psychologica 2016-03, Vol.165, p.43-47
Main Authors: Block, Richard A., Hancock, P.A., Zakay, Dan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Judgment - physiology
Physical demands
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Time estimation
Time perception
Time Perception - physiology
Workload
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Summary:This article reports a meta-analytic review of seven extant experiments, with 235 participants, concerning effects of physical workload on duration judgments. It also provides a qualitative assessment of related studies that, for specific reasons, were not includable in the quantitative meta-analysis. All analyzed experiments used the prospective duration-judgment paradigm and the production method, in which participants knew in advance that duration estimation was required. A large overall effect size reveals that increasing physical workload results in longer prospective duration productions. Physical workload effects are comparable to those of cognitive load. Implications for applied research, theory, and applications are discussed. •Effects of physical workload on duration judgments were reviewed.•All experiments in the statistical analyses used the prospective paradigm and the method of production.•Increasing physical workload resulted in longer duration productions.•Effects of physical workload demands are comparable to those of cognitive workload demands.•Important implications for future research and application are detailed.
ISSN:0001-6918
1873-6297
DOI:10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.01.002