Differences in time perception as a function of strength of handedness

Research has established that objective measures of time rarely have a perfect correlation with subjective judgments of time. Given that proper time perception appears to depend upon access to right-hemisphere processing (e.g., Harrington, Haaland, & Knight, 1998), the present paper investigates...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences 2010-10, Vol.49 (6), p.629-633
Main Authors: Westfall, Jonathan E., Jasper, John D., Zelmanova, Yuliya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition. Intelligence
Decision making
Decision making. Choice
Delay discounting
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Handedness
Individual differences
Intertemporal choice
Judgments
Neuroscience
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Subjective judgments
Subjective time
Time perception
Time use
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Summary:Research has established that objective measures of time rarely have a perfect correlation with subjective judgments of time. Given that proper time perception appears to depend upon access to right-hemisphere processing (e.g., Harrington, Haaland, & Knight, 1998), the present paper investigates the link between strength of handedness and subjective time judgments. In two distinctive time- associated decision-making tasks, results indicated that mixed-handers (individuals who use their non-dominant hand for at least a few activities), perceived time differently than strong-handers (individuals who use one hand predominantly). These findings signify a link between strength of handedness and different levels of interhemispheric communication, consistent with previous handedness literature, and suggest that researchers studying time perception or problems involving the perception of time should incorporate measures of handedness strength.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.036