In the first of two experiments English words rated as active, passive, savory, or tasteless on the semantic differential were employed as start words for the estimation of 10-sec. intervals. The passive verbal stimuli resulted in a significant temporal overestimation; none of the other stimuli gave significant effects. In the second experiment, tonal stimuli rated as active, passive, or intermediate served as start stimuli and impinged upon Ss during the 10-sec. estimations. Again, the passive stimulus resulted in a temporal overestimation while the active stimulus had no significant effects. These results are viewed as pertinent to organismic theories of perception.
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