Temporal binding refers to the subjective shortening of time between a cause and its effect compared with two unrelated events. The effect has been extensively explored over the past two decades and manifests across a robust range of paradigms, reflecting two distinct expressions of binding: (1) the subjective shortening of elapsed time between cause and effect and (2) the subjective attraction of cause and effect to each other. However, whether and how these binding expressions are related is still largely unknown. In this study, we report two experiments, employing four tasks (stimulus anticipation, Libet clock, interval estimation, and reproduction). We computed within and between session and task correlations across two (Experiment 1) and six (Experiment 2) sessions. Across both experiments, we successfully replicated temporal binding in temporal estimation, temporal reproduction, and the Libet clock, but not in stimulus anticipation. Good within-task and within-session reliability were observed, but reliability between sessions was poor. Correlation analyses revealed associations between binding effects measured via temporal estimation and temporal reproduction, underscoring task-dependent variations, in line with the suggestion that different temporal tasks tap into distinct facets of the temporal binding effect. This nuanced understanding contributes to refining experimental paradigms and advancing the comprehension of human temporal processing. The data, materials, and experiments from the present study are publicly available.

Gustavo B. de Azevedo

André M. Cravo

Marc J. Buehner

Attention Perception & Psychophysics

The journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics is an official journal of the Psychonomic Society.   It spans all areas of research in sensory processes, perception, attention, and psychophysics. Most articles published are reports of experimental work; the journal also presents theoretical, integrative, and evaluative reviews. Commentary on issues of importance to researchers appears in a special section of the journal. Founded in 1966 as Perception & Psychophysics, the journal assumed its present name in 2009.

The journal Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics is the official journal of the Psychonomic Society, covering all areas of research in sensory processes, perception, attention, and psychophysics. Most articles published are reports of experimental work, and the journal also features theoretical, integrative, and evaluative reviews. A special section of the journal includes commentary on issues of importance to researchers. Founded in 1966 as Perception & Psychophysics, the journal adopted its current name in 2009.

《Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics》是心理学学会的官方期刊，涵盖了感官过程、知觉、注意力和心理物理学的所有研究领域。大多数发表的文章是实验研究报告，期刊还提供理论性、综合性和评估性的综述。期刊的特别栏目中会对研究者关注的重要问题进行评论。该期刊成立于1966年，最初名为《Perception & Psychophysics》，并于2009年更名为现在的名称。

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Temporal binding: Task-dependent variations and reliability across experimental paradigms

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