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Publication Date: 2020
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Feeling Time in Nature: The Influence of Directed and Undirected Attention on Time Awareness
Ehret, Sonja; Roth, Sibylle; Zimmermann, Salome U.; Selter, Andy; Thomaschke, Roland
Applied Cognitive Psychology, v34 n3 p737-746 May-Jun 2020
In the present study, we examined the impact of the interaction of environmental and task-induced attentional focus on time perception, specifically awareness of the time flow. We tested 48 participants in either a natural or urban setting over three 25- to 35-min sessions. We manipulated the within-subjects factor task by means of two tasks--one requiring directed attention on the task itself, the other undirected attention on the environment--alongside a control condition with no specific task. We measured time awareness, passage of time judgments, felt time judgments, and estimated time as dependent variables. For time awareness, we found an interaction between environment and task: in the natural environment, only a task requiring directed attention reduced time awareness; whereas, in the urban environment, both tasks reduced time awareness compared to the control condition. The results suggest that natural environments increase time awareness unless we focus our attention on a task.
Descriptors: Environment, Task Analysis, Time Perspective, Urban Areas, Attention Control, Decision Making, Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Processes
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