Time and Body Posture
Author Information
Author(s): Nather Francisco C., Bueno José L. O., Bigand Emmanuel, Droit-Volet Sylvie
Primary Institution: University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Hypothesis
Does the perception of presentation durations of pictures of different body postures distort as a function of the embodied movement that produced these postures?
Conclusion
The study found that the duration of a picture depicting a body posture requiring more movement was judged to be longer than that of a posture requiring less movement.
Supporting Evidence
- The duration was judged longer for the posture requiring more movement than for the posture requiring less movement.
- The magnitude of this overestimation was greater for short durations than for longer durations.
- Participants rated the more-movement posture as more arousing than the less-movement posture.
Takeaway
When people see pictures of bodies in different poses, they think the ones that look like they are moving take longer to look at than the ones that look still.
Methodology
Participants performed a temporal bisection task with two ranges of standard durations (0.4/1.6 s and 2/8 s) to judge the presentation duration of pictures of body postures.
Limitations
The effect of body posture on time perception was not significant for longer durations (2/8 s).
Participant Demographics
50 students (22 men and 28 women, mean age 21.90 years) from São Paulo University.
Statistical Information
P-Value
p=0.001
Statistical Significance
p<0.05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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