Table Of ContentLecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6789
Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science
LNAISeriesEditors
RandyGoebel
UniversityofAlberta,Edmonton,Canada
YuzuruTanaka
HokkaidoUniversity,Sapporo,Japan
WolfgangWahlster
DFKIandSaarlandUniversity,Saarbrücken,Germany
LNAIFoundingSeriesEditor
JoergSiekmann
DFKIandSaarlandUniversity,Saarbrücken,Germany
Argiro Vatakis Anna Esposito
Maria Giagkou Fred Cummins
Georgios Papadelis (Eds.)
Multidisciplinary
Aspects of Time
and Time Perception
COST TD0904 International Workshop
Athens, Greece, October 7-8, 2010
Revised Selected Papers
1 3
SeriesEditors
RandyGoebel,UniversityofAlberta,Edmonton,Canada
JörgSiekmann,UniversityofSaarland,Saarbrücken,Germany
WolfgangWahlster,DFKIandUniversityofSaarland,Saarbrücken,Germany
VolumeEditors
ArgiroVatakis
CognitiveSystemsResearchInstitute,Athens,Greece
E-mail:[email protected]
AnnaEsposito
SecondUniversityofNaplesandIIASS,VietrisulMare,Italy
E-mail:[email protected]
MariaGiagkou
InstituteforLanguageandSpeechProcessing,Athens,Greece
E-mail:[email protected]
FredCummins
UCDSchoolofComputerScienceandInformatics,Dublin,Ireland
E-mail:[email protected]
GeorgiosPapadelis
AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,Greece
E-mail:[email protected]
ISSN0302-9743 e-ISSN1611-3349
ISBN978-3-642-21477-6 e-ISBN978-3-642-21478-3
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-21478-3
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Preface
The idea of creating a multidisciplinary network of scientists working on time
and time perception was entertained in 2007, was formulated as a proposal in
2008,andwasrealizedin2009,whenfundedbythe EuropeanCOST(European
Cooperation in Science and Technology; www.cost.eu) agency under the title
“TD0904: Time In MEntaL activitY: theoretical, behavioral, bioimaging, and
clinical perspectives (TIMELY)”(www.timely-cost.eu).TIMELYjustcompleted
its first year of existence bringing together over 150 junior and senior scientists
from 20 different countries.
This volumeis the productofthe firstmeetingofthe TIMELYnetworkthat
took place in Athens, Greece, during October 7–8, 2010. This 2-day interna-
tionalworkshoponthe“MultidisciplinaryAspectsofTimeandTimePerception”
broughttogetherscientistsfromdifferentdisciplinestopresenttheirworkontime
and its percept with the ultimate goal of setting the stage for communication
among the different laboratories and foster future collaborations.
Thereaderofthisvolumewillgetatasteofsomeofthemajorresearchareas
of time perception, different views on temporal experiences, different method-
ologies used for measuring one’s time percept, and the interaction/relationship
of time with other cognitive processes. The collection of papers in this volume
coverstopics under the four mainthemes ofTIMELY:(Note that papersin this
volumefallundertwoormoreofthethemesbelow,thusnothemecategorization
is adopted.)
A. Conceptualanalysisandmeasurementoftime:Currently,thereisnocommon
code of communication as to the different aspects of time perception. A
debatable definition also leads to problematic measurement methodologies.
Reaching an agreement regarding the conceptual analysis of time will also
lead to more efficient and accurate measures of the human and animal time
perception.
B. Exploringfactors associatedwithtimeperception variability:Highvariability
in time perception has been reported within and between individuals. This
variability represents a barrier in understanding time perception. Thus, a
closeexaminationofvariouscognitive/biologicalprocessesinrelationtotime
is needed.
C. Extending time research to ecologically valid stimuli and real-world appli-
cations: The majority of time perception research has focused on simple
stimuli, necessitating the use of more informationally rich stimuli (e.g., mu-
sic, action) for advancing time perception researchand, thus, extending the
results to real-worldapplications.
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D. Uncovering theneural correlates of time perception:Advancesinneuroimag-
ing allow observation of the brain-in-action. It is necessary to identify the
techniquesappropriateforstudyingtimeperceptioninbothanimalsandhu-
mans and for examiningtime distortionsin specific neurological/psychiatric
conditions and other impairments.
The TIMELY network and the volume you are now holding was funded and
supportedbyCOSTandthepeopleworkingfortheISCH(Individuals,Societies,
Cultures,andHealth)domain.IwouldliketothankAnnaEspositoforinitiating
contact with publishers and Alfred Hofmann for giving us the opportunity to
publishthis volumewithSpringer.Iamgratefultothe co-editorsofthis volume
(Anna Esposito, Maria Giagkou, Fred Cummins, and Georgios Papadelis) for
their patience and detailed work with all the author contributions. I also thank
all the authors that contributed to this volume and all the members of the
TD0904 International Scientific Committee who provided insight and helpful
recommendations as to the improvement of the papers that are now printed
in this volume. Additionally, I am thankful to the School of Architecture for
hosting the TIMELY meeting in Athens and G. Papadelis, F. Cummins, and
M.Giagkouforassistingmewithalltheorganizationaldetails.Myspecialthanks
goes to Thanos Fouloulis for the technical support and his willingness to realize
allmyvisions(TIMELYwebsite,livebroadcastingoftalks,videorecordingetc.)
andmystudentsforalwaysbeingthere(ElizaBakou,KonstantinaMargiotoudi,
Stamatis Paraskevas, and Ifigenia Pasiou). Finally, a warm thank you goes to
all the members of TIMELY that were willing to support this network and that
responded to all my calls with excitement and encouragement.
July 2011 Argiro Vatakis
Organization
International Advisory and Organizing Committee
Argiro Vatakis Cognitive Systems Research Institute, Greece
Anna Esposito Second University of Naples and IIASS,
International Institute for Advanced
Scientific Studies, Italy
Maria Giagkou Institute for Language and Speech Processing,
Research Centers“Athena”, Greece
Fred Cummins University College Dublin, Ireland
George Papadelis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
International Scientific Committee
Rossana Actis University of Milano-Bicocca,Italy
David Alais University of Sydney, Australia
Stanislava Antonijevic NationalUniversity ofIreland,Galway,Ireland
Valtteri Arstila University of Turku, Finland
Fuat Balci Koc¸ University, Turkey
Lera Borodisky Stanford University, USA
Bruce L. Brown Queens College, USA
Domenica Bueti University College London, UK
David Burr University of Florence, Italy
Niko Busch Centre de Recherche Cerveau & Cognition,
France
Daniel Casasanto Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics,
The Netherlands
Nicola S. Clayton University of Cambridge, UK
Sara Cordes Boston College, USA
Fred Cummins University College Dublin, Ireland
Barry Dainton University of Liverpool, UK
Beatrice de Gelder Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Yvonne Delevoye-Turrell LaboratoireURECA,UniviversityofLilleNord
de France, France
George Dellatolas INSERM, Universit´e Paris Descartes, France
Val´erie Doy`ere Neurobiologie de l’Apprentissage,de la
M´emoire et de la Communication,
CNRS, France
Sylvie Droit-Volet CNRS, UMR 6024, France
Anna Eisler Stockholm University, Sweden
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Hannes Eisler Stockholm University, Sweden
Mark Elliott National University of Ireland, Ireland
Anna Esposito Second University of Naples and IIASS,
International Institute for Advanced
Scientific Studies, Italy
Vyvyan Evans University of Bangor,UK
Christine Falter University of Oxford, UK
Maria Giagkou Institute for Language and Speech Processing,
Research Centers“Athena”,Greece
Anne Giersch INSERM U666, University Hospital of
Strasbourg, France
Joseph Glicksohn The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary
Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University,
Israel
Simon Grondin Universit´e Laval, Canada
˚Ake Hellstr¨om Stockholm University, Sweden
Henkjan Honing University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chris Johnson University of Glasgow,UK
Mirjam Keetels Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Peter Keller MaxPlanckInstituteforHumanCognitiveand
Brain Sciences, Germany
Julian Kiverstein University of Edinburgh, UK
Armin Kohlrausch Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,
The Netherlands
Sonja Kotz MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences,
Germany
Marc Leman University of Ghent, Belgium
David J. Lewkowicz Florida Atlantic University, USA
Joan L´opez-Moliner Universitat de Barcelona,Spain
Armando Machado University of Minho, Portugal
Guy Madison Ume˚a University, Sweden
Michail Maniadakis University of Crete, Greece
Warren H. Meck Duke University, USA
Bruno M¨older University of Tartu, Estonia
Maria Concetta Morrone University of Pisa, Italy
Anne-Marie Mouly UMR5020 - Neurosciences Sensorielles,
Comportement, Cognition, France
Rafael Mun˜oz University of Alicante, Spain
Jordi Navarra Fundacio´SantJoandeD´eu,HospitalSantJoan
de D´eu, Spain
Toemme Noesselt Otto von Guericke University, Germany
Valdas Noreika University of Turku, Finland
Peter Øhrstrøm Aalborg University, Denmark
Eleni Orfanidou University College London, UK
George Papadelis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ernst P¨oppel University of Munich, Germany
Organization IX
Anne Reboul CNRS, UMR 6024, France
Leah Roberts MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences,
Germany
Katya Rubia King’s College London, UK
Maren Schmidt-Kassow Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany
Daniele Sch¨on CNRS, France
Charles Spence Oxford University, UK
Catherine Stevens University of Western Sydney, Australia
Elz˙bieta Szelag Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Niels Taatgen University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Barbara Tillmann Universit´eClaudeBernard-LyonI,CNRSUMR
5020, France
Rolf Ulrich University of Tu¨bingen, Germany
Leon Van Noorden IPEM, Belgium
Hedderik Van Rijn University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Argiro Vatakis Cognitive Systems Research Institute, Greece
Jiri Wackermann Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychologyand
Mental Health, Germany
Petra Wagner University of Bielefeld, Germany
Vincent Walsh University College London, UK
John Wearden Keele University, UK
David Whitaker University of Bradford,UK
Marc Wittmann University of Munich, Germany
Agnieszka Wykowska University of Munich, Germany
Dan Zakay Tel Aviv University, Israel
Sponsors
The following organizationssupported the international workshop:
• European COST Action TD0904 “Time In MEntaL activitY: theoretical,
behavioral, bioimaging and clinical perspectives (TIMELY)”(www.timely-
cost.eu)
• School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
• Institute for Language and Speech Processing,Athens, Greece
Table of Contents
Further Steps in the Science of Temporal Consciousness?.............. 1
Valtteri Arstila
Temporal Illusions — PhilosophicalConsiderations................... 11
Sean Enda Power
A.N. Prior’s Notion of the Present ................................. 36
David Jakobsen
Towards a Common Language for the Discussion of Time Based on
Prior’s Tense Logic............................................... 46
Peter Øhrstrøm
The Problem with Perceptual Synchrony............................ 58
Mark A. Elliott
New Perspectives on Vierordt’s Law: Memory-Mixing in Ordinal
Temporal Comparison Tasks ...................................... 67
Bon-Mi Gu and Warren H. Meck
Reproduction of Duration: How Should I Count the Ways?............ 79
Joseph Glicksohn and Rotem Leshem
Duration Discrimination Performance: No Cross-Modal Transfer from
Audition to Vision Even after Massive Perceptual Learning............ 92
Simon Grondin and Rolf Ulrich
An Investigation on Temporal Aspects in the Audio-Haptic Simulation
of Footsteps ..................................................... 101
Luca Turchet and Stefania Serafin
Enhanced Audiovisual Temporal Sensitivity When Viewing Videos
That Appropriately Depict the Effect of Gravity on Object
Movement ...................................................... 116
Argiro Vatakis and Charles Spence
About MusicalTime – Effectof Age,Enjoyment,andPracticalMusical
Experience on Retrospective Estimate of Elapsed Duration during
Music Listening.................................................. 125
Michelle Phillips and Ian Cross
The Impact of Attention on the Internal Clock in Prospective Timing:
Is It Direct or Indirect?........................................... 137
Pierre-Luc Gamache, Simon Grondin, and Dan Zakay
