Abstract
After examination of the status of time in experimental psychology
and a review of related major texts, 2 opposite approaches are presented
in which time is either unified or fragmented. Unified time perception
views, usually guided by Weber's law, are embodied in various models.
After a brief review of old models and a description of the major
contemporary models of time perception, views on fragmented time
perception are presented as challenges for any unified time view.
Fragmentation of psychological time emerges from (a) disruptions
of the Weber function, which are caused by the types of interval
presentation, by extensive practice, and by counting explicitly or
not; and (b) modulations of time sensitivity and perceived duration
by attention and interval structures. Weber's law is a useful guide
for studying psychological time, but it is also reasonable to assume
that more than one so-called central timekeeper could contribute
to perceiving time.
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