Feeling time in nature: the influence of directed and undirected attention on time awareness

Abstract: In the present study, we examined the impact of the interaction of environmental and task‐induced attentional focus on time perception, specifically awareness of the time flow. We tested 48 participants in either a natural or urban setting over three 25‐ to 35‐min sessions. We manipulated the within‐subjects factor task by means of two tasks—one requiring directed attention on the task itself, the other undirected attention on the environment—alongside a control condition with no specific task. We measured time awareness, passage of time judgments, felt time judgments, and estimated time as dependent variables. For time awareness, we found an interaction between environment and task: in the natural environment, only a task requiring directed attention reduced time awareness; whereas, in the urban environment, both tasks reduced time awareness compared to the control condition. The results suggest that natural environments increase time awareness unless we focus our attention on a task

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Applied cognitive psychology. - 34, 3 (2020) , 737-746, ISSN: 1099-0720

Klassifikation
Psychologie
Schlagwort
Aufmerksamkeit
Natur
Erholung
Zeitbewusstsein

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(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2020
Urheber

DOI
10.1002/acp.3664
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1663868
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