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An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of work and quantity cues on children’s time perception. Ninety-seven children in kindergarten and Grades 2, 4, and 6 lifted and transferred pipes under eight different conditions, after which they reproduced the perceived time taken to move the pipes. The conditions varied by quantity (two/four pipes), by mental work (nomatching/matching), and by physical work (light/heavy pipes). Significant main effects were found for quantity, physical work, and mental work, and for the quantity × age and mental work × physical work interactions. These results can help to disentangle possible confounds among these variables in the classic Piagetian experiments about their effects on time judgment and perception.
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Arlin, M. The effects of physical work, mental work, and quantity on children’s time perception. Perception & Psychophysics 45, 209–214 (1989). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210698
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