Given the flexible use of an inverse rule relating temporal speed and temporal length in some psychological studies, an hypothesized effect of an instruction regarding temporal speed on temporal length judgment was tested. By subjects asked to compare the speeds (rates of passage) and then to estimate the two temporal lengths (durations) of two successive intervals, there was greater use of the inverse rule and increased accuracy in estimating the first of the two intervals. The results have important implications for effortful processing of temporal information.
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