Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events
The perceived time can shrink or expand for emotional stimuli. Converging evidence suggests that emotional time distortions are rooted in the emotional states of the timing agents because emotional stimuli can influence the timing of simultaneous neutral events. As emotional states are transitory, w...
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| description | The perceived time can shrink or expand for emotional stimuli. Converging evidence suggests that emotional time distortions are rooted in the emotional states of the timing agents because emotional stimuli can influence the timing of simultaneous neutral events. As emotional states are transitory, we investigated if time modulating emotional states also influence timing of subsequent neutral events. In each trial, we induced different valence and arousal levels by using affective vibrotactile patterns before participants judged the duration of neutral auditory tones. Compared to neutral patterns, affective patterns modulated participants’ time perception of the subsequent tones. We observed an interaction between arousal and valence: Pleasant-Low arousal patterns expanded the timing of subsequent neutral events more than Unpleasant-Low arousal patterns while Pleasant and Unpleasant-High arousal led to a similar temporal expansion. Our results indicate time modulating effects of emotional stimuli are due to changed emotional states and influence time perception likely until the underlying state decays. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1031e59d09b1415c9d9e7d355a2f3e502025-08-20T02:06:30ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-07-0125710504310.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105043Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral eventsNedim Goktepe0Müge Cavdan1Knut Drewing2INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Campus D2 2, 66123 SaarbrückenJustus Liebig Universität Giessen, Otto-Behargel-Strasse 10F, 35394 Giessen, Germany; Corresponding author.Justus Liebig Universität Giessen, Otto-Behargel-Strasse 10F, 35394 Giessen, GermanyThe perceived time can shrink or expand for emotional stimuli. Converging evidence suggests that emotional time distortions are rooted in the emotional states of the timing agents because emotional stimuli can influence the timing of simultaneous neutral events. As emotional states are transitory, we investigated if time modulating emotional states also influence timing of subsequent neutral events. In each trial, we induced different valence and arousal levels by using affective vibrotactile patterns before participants judged the duration of neutral auditory tones. Compared to neutral patterns, affective patterns modulated participants’ time perception of the subsequent tones. We observed an interaction between arousal and valence: Pleasant-Low arousal patterns expanded the timing of subsequent neutral events more than Unpleasant-Low arousal patterns while Pleasant and Unpleasant-High arousal led to a similar temporal expansion. Our results indicate time modulating effects of emotional stimuli are due to changed emotional states and influence time perception likely until the underlying state decays.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003567Time perceptionEmotionValenceArousalVibrationTorso |
| spellingShingle | Nedim Goktepe Müge Cavdan Knut Drewing Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events Acta Psychologica Time perception Emotion Valence Arousal Vibration Torso |
| title | Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events |
| title_full | Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events |
| title_fullStr | Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events |
| title_short | Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events |
| title_sort | emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events |
| topic | Time perception Emotion Valence Arousal Vibration Torso |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003567 |
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