Timing and Temporal Illusions
Studies on time perception have shown that several factors contribute to temporal distortions, a phenomenon in which changes are observed in the perception of duration or the temporal relationship between events. Despite the broad scope of these topics, it is notiable that the effects on time perception are analyzed under a unidirectional perspective in which temporal distortions are responses resulting from other processing. This work seeks an alternative way to investigate temporal distortions, presenting a series of studies that investigate the possible bidirectional relationship between temporal distortions and other behavioral responses. The first study aimed to induce and measure temporal distortions (Experiment I) and subsequently verify its implications in the assessment of pain intensity (Experiment II). In the second study (Experiment III), the same procedure was used to analyze the influence of temporal experience on the classification of emotional stimuli (images, sounds and words) of positive, neutral and negative valence. Finally, the third study (Experiments IV and V, in progress) presents a new experimental version, with modifications in the procedural instructions and in the properties of the stimulus used to induce temporal distortions.