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  • Chapter 1 - The Nature of Sensation and the Experience of Time Passage

  • David Gilden, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book:
    The Psychology of Human Temporality
    Published online:
    24 October 2025
    Print publication:
    13 November 2025, pp 1-19
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    The foundations of experimental psychology are examined in order to understand how the field of timing came to be focussed on the single fact that people and other animals can, with some accuracy, judge intervals of time. The theories and experiments that have arisen to explain this ability are reviewed. The main theme of the book is then introduced, that the experience of time is quite unlike any other experience by having a phase transition. The phase transition occurs at a time interval of about 2 seconds, and this sets the terms for any discussion of human temporality. Finally, by distinguishing between temporal flow and historical progression, the argument is made that the field of timing has not been studying judgment of time, but rather has been studying judgment of episodic memory.