Development of coordination in time estimation

Bibliographic Data

ID9789246
AuthorsAdam W Kiefer (0000-0003-4213-3349, University of Cincinnati, corresponding author), Sebastian Wallot (0000-0002-3626-3940, University of Cincinnati), Lori J Gresham (University of Cincinnati), Heidi Kloos (0000-0003-0586-9306, University of Cincinnati), Michael A Riley (0000-0002-3632-204X, University of Cincinnati), Kevin Shockley (University of Cincinnati), Guy Van Orden (University of Cincinnati)
Year2014
Volume50
Issue2
Pages393-401
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0033629
PMID23855257
OpenAlexW2035942819
LanguageEN
References cited6

How to best characterize cognitive development? The claim put forward in this article is that development is the improvement of a kind of coordination among a variety of factors. To determine the development of coordination in a cognitive task, children between 4 and 12 years of age and adults participated in a time estimation task: They had to press a button every time they thought a short time interval had passed. The resulting data series of estimated time intervals was then subjected to a set of fractal analyses to quantify coordination in terms of its degree of "rigidity" (very highly integrated) vs. "looseness" (poorly integrated). Results show a developmental trajectory toward pink-noise patterns, suggesting that cognitive development progresses from a very loose, poorly integrated coordination of factors toward a pattern that expresses more integration, perhaps due to an optimization of constraints, that allows for a more stable coordination

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Estimation · Music and Audio Processing · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

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