Mapping the origins of time

Scalar errors in infant time estimation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9789151
AutoresCaspar Addyman (0000-0003-0001-9548, Birkbeck, University of London, autor correspondente), Sinead Rocha (0000-0001-5231-9062, Birkbeck, University of London), Denis Mareschal (0000-0002-9828-9548, Birkbeck, University of London)
Ano2014
Volume50
Fascículo8
Páginas2030-2035
Data de publicação2014-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0037108
PMID24979472
PMCIDPMC4113309
OpenAlexW2009471612
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas11

Time is central to any understanding of the world. In adults, estimation errors grow linearly with the length of the interval, much faster than would be expected of a clock-like mechanism. Here we present the first direct demonstration that this is also true in human infants. Using an eye-tracking paradigm, we examined 4-, 6-, 10-, and 14-month-olds' responses to the omission of a recurring target, on either a 3- or 5-s cycle. At all ages (a) both fixation and pupil dilation measures were time locked to the periodicity of the test interval, and (b) estimation errors grew linearly with the length of the interval, suggesting that trademark interval timing is in place from 4 months

Developmental psychology · Estimation · Statistics · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Education Methods and Practices · Mathematics · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology