Emotion and Implicit Timing: The Arousal Effect

Frontiers in Psychology

Sylvie Droit-Volet¹ 

关键词: timing;    time;    emotion;    implicit timing;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00176

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study tested the effects of emotion on implicit time judgment. The participants did not receive any overt temporal instructions. They were simply trained to respond as quickly as possible after a response signal, which was separated from a warning signal by a reference temporal interval. In the testing phase, the inter-signal interval was shorter, equal or longer than the reference interval and was filled by emotional pictures (EP) of different arousal levels: high, moderate, and low. The results showed a U-shaped curve of reaction time plotted against the interval duration, indicating an implicit processing of time. However, this RT-curve was shifted toward the left, with a significantly lower peak time for the high-arousal than for the low-arousal EP. This emotional time distortion in an implicit timing task suggests an automatic effect of emotion on the internal clock rate.

【 授权许可】

CC BY