Remembered duration: Effects of event and sequence complexity

@article{Block1978RememberedDE,
  title={Remembered duration: Effects of event and sequence complexity},
  author={Richard A. Block},
  journal={Memory \& Cognition},
  year={1978},
  volume={6},
  pages={320-326}
}
  • R. Block
  • Published 1 May 1978
  • Psychology
  • Memory & Cognition
Two experiments investigated the remembered duration of relatively long intervals. In both, subjects viewed two sequences of visual patterns. Then they unexpectedly were asked to make a comparative judgment of duration of the two intervals. In Experiment 1 there was no effect of complexity of the individual patterns on remembered duration. In Experiment 2, however, there was an effect of complexity of the entire sequence, with a complex sequence remembered as longer in duration than a simple… 
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