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- Title: Computer Use and the Perception of Time.
- Author : North American Journal of Psychology
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 189 KB
Description
Americans have become accustomed to completing their daily tasks more quickly than ever before, thanks to the advent of labor-saving devices like the computer. Our study sought to ascertain if the ubiquitous computer has affected time perception. Forty subjects, ranging in age from 6 to 71 years, volunteered to participate. They were asked to complete a brief survey assessing daily computer use and to judge the duration of a series of time intervals ranging from 3 to 27 s without using a counting method. Computer use was significantly and negatively correlated with the size of the error made in the time estimation task. Those participants who reported the highest daily computer use tended to be the most accurate in estimating the passage of time. Time urgency, education level and age were all significantly correlated with accuracy. The results are discussed in terms of both cognitive and socio-cultural models of time perception. "Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."