Age Effects in Perception of Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13660399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Wittmann (0000-0002-4483-7334, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author), Sandra Lehnhoff (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 921-935 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.97.3.921-935 |
| PMID | 16512313 |
| OpenAlex | W2003441971 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 19 |
Despite the widespread belief that the subjective speed of the passage of time increases with age, empirical results are controversial. In this study, a combination of questionnaires was employed to assess subjective time perception by 499 subjects, ages 14 to 94 years. Pearson correlations and nonlinear regression analyses on a variety of questionnaires and the age of the participants show that the momentary perception of the passage of time and the retrospective judgment of past periods of time are a function of chronological age; however, small-to-moderate effects accounted for at most 10% of the variance. Results generally support the widespread perception that the passage of time speeds up with age. These results are discussed in the context of models of prospective and retrospective time judgment, but interpretations have to be treated with caution given methodological limitations
Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Perception · Time perception · Variance (accounting · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Demography · History · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.69 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |