Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Perception of Distance Impacts Judgment

New research suggests that a person’s orientation can change the way we think of something. For example, why does the second hour of a journey seem shorter than the first?
Sam Maglio, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough, performed a series of six studies to determine that a person’s orientation — the direction they are headed — changed how they thought of an object or event.
The research is forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science...

Reposted by:
Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.

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