TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Lapsed attention to elapsed time? Individual differences in working memory capacity and temporal reproduction
JO  - Acta psychologica
A1  - Broadway, James M.
A1  - Engle, Randall W.
SP  - 115
EP  - 126
VL  - 137
IS  - 1
N2  - Working memory capacity (WMC) predicts individual differences in a wide range of mental abilities. In three experiments we examined whether WMC would predict temporal judgment. Low-WMC temporal reproductions were consistently too long for the shortest duration and too short for the longest, but were accurate (unbiased) for the intermediate. In contrast, high-WMC temporal reproductions were more accurate (unbiased) across the range. Thus low-WMC showed a classic "migration effect" (Vierordt's Law) to a greater extent than high-WMC. Furthermore reproduction errors depended more on temporal context than the absolute durations of "shortest," "longest," and "intermediate." Low-WMC reproductions were overall more variable than high-WMC. General fluid intelligence (gF) was also related to temporal bias and variability. However, WMC-related timing differences were only attenuated and not eliminated with gF as covariate. Results are discussed in terms of attention, memory, and other psychological constructs.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-6918
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.03.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -