Studies of Auditory-Visual Differences in Human Time Judgment: 1. Sounds are Judged Longer than Lights
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Prior studies have repeatedly shown that short sounds were judged to be of longer duration than physically equivalent lights. Six experiments are reported which confirm the robustness of this auditory-visual difference in time judgment and highlight two factors which contribute to its continued presence, movement for vision and intensity for audition.
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