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Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased

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  • Gordon B Moskowitz
  • Irmak Olcaysoy Okten
  • Cynthia M Gooch

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Two experiments illustrate that the perception of a given time duration slows when white participants observe faces of black men, but only if participants are concerned with appearing biased. In Experiment 1 the concern with the appearance of bias is measured as a chronic state using the external motivation to respond without prejudice scale (Plant & Devine, 1998). In Experiment 2 it is manipulated by varying the race of the experimenter (black versus white). Time perception is assessed via a temporal discrimination task commonly used in the literature. Models of time perception identify arousal as a factor that causes perceived time to slow, and we speculate that arousal arising in intergroup interactions can alter time perception.

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  • Gordon B Moskowitz & Irmak Olcaysoy Okten & Cynthia M Gooch, 2017. "Distortion in time perception as a result of concern about appearing biased," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(8), pages 1-18, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0182241
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182241
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