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In Experiment I it was confirmed by the reproduction method in children of 7 to 10 yr. and adults that the longer the physical path and velocity of a moving stimulus of constant duration were, the lesser the duration of a comparison stimulus of constant spatial characteristics required to match the physical duration of the moving standard (the i′ effect). In Experiment II, the i effect which worked in the opposite direction from the i′ effect was observed especially in young children under the condition where the set to use space rather than velocity as a cue for time estimation was supposed to be relatively strongly formed in subjects, and the i′ effect was observed especially in adults under the condition where the set to use velocity rather than space as a cue for time estimation was supposed to be relatively strongly formed in subjects. These results and the effect of space on time estimation for the static stimuli (the kappa effect) were integrated by the hypothesis of “cue-selection sets” in time estimation.
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Experiments reported in the present paper were carried out at Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Matsuda, F. Effects of space and velocity on time estimation in children and adults. Psychol. Res 37, 107–123 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00308416
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