Title
Effect of task length on remembered and predicted duration
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Publication Date
2-1-2008
Abstract
Vierordt's (1868) law states that when estimating the duration of a previous task, people overestimate short durations and underestimate long ones. We examine whether this same pattern holds for remembered and predicted duration for tasks lasting between 1 and 15 min. In support of Vierordt's law and its extension to future duration estimates, task duration tended to be overestimated for short tasks (less than 2 min) and underestimated for long tasks for both remembered and predicted duration. Copyright 2008 Psychonomic Society, Inc.
Volume
15
Issue
1
First Page
202
Last Page
207
DOI
10.3758/PBR.15.1.202
ISSN
10699384
E-ISSN
15315320
PubMed ID
18605504
Recommended Citation
Roy, Michael M. and Christenfeld, Nicholas J.S., "Effect of task length on remembered and predicted duration" (2008). Faculty Publications. 1365.
https://jayscholar.etown.edu/facpubharvest/1365
