| Abstract: | How changes in internal tempo may influence the learning and remembering of event durations were investigated in 4 experiments with 264 university students. In the 1st 2 experiments, stress or relaxation was induced in Ss after they had learned a set of environmental sounds. When unexpectedly asked to recognize (Exp 1) or reproduce (Exp 2) the sounds' durations, results indicated that relative to a control group, Ss in the stress condition misremembered the time spans as shorter than their actual duration, whereas the opposite pattern of results tended to occur in the relaxation group. Exps 3 and 4 further revealed that changes in internal tempo also influence those event rates to which one is most attuned. Findings are discussed in terms of an approach that emphasizes the reciprocal relationship between individuals and their temporal environment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
