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27 paź 2017 · In this Review, we summarize current neuroscience views on space and time, discuss whether the brain perceives or makes distance and duration, analyze how assumed representations of distance and durations relate to each other, and consider the option that space and time are mental constructs.
psychophysics, study of quantitative relations between psychological events and physical events or, more specifically, between sensations and the stimuli that produce them.
A common set of physics problems ask students to determine either the speed, distance, or travel time of something given the other two variables. These problems are interesting since they describe very basic situations that occur regularly for many people.
Before we can apply the concepts of distance, speed, and time to the Universe, we must understand the specific meaning of each and examine how they are related. Distance can be defined as how far apart two objects are in space.
Definition. Psychological distance is a cognitive separation between the self and other instances such as persons, events, or times. Description. Dimensions. Psychological distance is defined within the Construal-Level Theory (CLT), which was developed by Trope and Liberman ( 2003 ).
Times shorter than $10^{-12}$ second have been measured, but by a different technique. In effect, a different definition of “time” has been used. One way has been to observe the distance between two happenings on a moving object.
16 paź 2014 · We will first conceptualize a formal definition of psychological distance and then review evidence supporting the association among different dimensions of distance and the interchangeability of these distances.
