E01 : Does the Perception of Time Alter with Distraction


Students Chloe McAleese
School IND - Appleby College - Oakville
Level Junior 7/8 - Grade 8
Group Group 6 - Health Sciences I
Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to determine if human time perception was altered by different variables. There were 2 stories. One story was happy, and the other story was sad. The test subject had to say stop when they though 30 seconds had gone by for each story. The test subjects were also asked to sit in silence and say when they thought 30 seconds had gone by.