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Obese and normal-weight Ss judged the duration of a 1,000-Hz tone at four standard intervals, 3, 8, 13, and 18 sec, using the method of production. Consistent with the prediction from Schachter’s (1971) stimulus-binding hypothesis, response accuracy, in terms of absolute error, was poorer for the obese than for the normals. This effect was notable predominantly at the longer stimulus durations. In general, the magnitude of absolute errors decreased over trials, even though explicit feedback regarding performance efficiency was not provided.
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Supported in part by the National Science Foundation through Research Grant NSF GB-27654 and by the Institute of Space Sciences of the University of Cincinnati through National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant NGL-36-004-014. The authors are indebted to Paul Karoly for his helpful comments.
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Stutz, R.M., Warm, J.S. & Woods, W.A. Temporal perception in obese and normal-weight subjects: A test of the stimulus-binding hypothesis. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 3, 23–24 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333379
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