An experiment has examined the usefulness of an adaptive stimulus programming method of time estimation as a technique for assessing the duration of the temporal indifference interval. For 6 Ss and 4 starting intervals tested, no consistent indifference interval emerged, even one that could be interpreted as varying across individuals.
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