11 experiments are reported which confirmed the presence of a striking auditory-visual difference in the judgments of short durations. There was more information transmitted with auditory durations than with visual durations using the methods of pair-comparison and absolute judgment. Variations of several stimulus properties and aspects of the psychophysical context did not alter this intersensory difference.
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