Subjective Time: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Temporality (The MIT Press)

Our awareness of time and temporal properties is a constant feature of conscious life. Subjective temporality structures and guides every aspect of behavior and cognition, distinguishing memory, perception, and anticipation. This milestone volume brings together research on temporality from leading scholars in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, defining a new field of interdisciplinary research. The book's thirty chapters include selections from classic texts by William James and Edmund Husserl and new essays setting them in historical context; contemporary philosophical accounts of lived time; and current empirical studies of psychological time. These last chapters, the larger part of the book, cover such topics as the basic psychophysics of psychological time, its neural foundations, its interaction with the body, and its distortion in illness and altered states of consciousness. Contributors Melissa J. Allman, Holly Andersen, Valtteri Arstila, Yan Bao, Dean V. Buonomano, Niko A. Busch, Barry Dainton, Sylvie Droit-Volet, Christine M. Falter, Thomas Fraps, Shaun Gallagher, Alex O. Holcombe, Edmund Husserl, William James, Piotr Jaśkowski, Jeremie Jozefowiez, Ryota Kanai, Allison N. Kurti, Dan Lloyd, Armando Machado, Matthew S. Matell, Warren H. Meck, James Mensch, Bruno Mölder, Catharine Montgomery, Konstantinos Moutoussis, Peter Naish, Valdas Noreika, Sukhvinder S. Obhi, Ruth Ogden, Alan o'Donoghue, Georgios Papadelis, Ian B. Phillips, Ernst Pöppel, John E. R. Staddon, Dale N. Swanton, Rufin VanRullen, Argiro Vatakis, Till M. Wagner, John Wearden, Marc Wittmann, Agnieszka Wykowska, Kielan Yarrow, Bin Yin, Dan Zahavi Our Awareness Of Time And Temporal Properties Is A Constant Feature Of Conscious Life. Subjective Temporality Structures And Guides Every Aspect Of Behavior And Cognition, Distinguishing Memory, Perception, And Anticipation. This Milestone Volume Brings Together Research On Temporality From Leading Scholars In Philosophy, Psychology, And Neuroscience, Defining A New Field Of Interdisciplinary Research. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Historical Sources -- 1. Excerpts From The Principles Of Psychology / William James -- 2. The Development Of The Specious Present And James's Views On Temporal Experience / Holly Andersen -- 3.a Brief Account Of Husserl's Conception Of Our Consciousness Of Time / James Mensch -- 4. The Structure Of Lived Time / Edmund Husserl -- Pt. Ii Contemporary Philosophies Of Lived Time -- 5. Primal Impression And Enactive Perception / Dan Zahavi -- 6. The Phenomenal Continuum / Barry Dainton -- 7. The Temporal Structure Of Experience / Ian Phillips -- Pt. Iii Choppy Streams Of Consciousness -- 8. Is Visual Perception Like A Continuous Flow Or A Series Of Snapshots? / Rufin Vanrullen -- 9. Are There Cracks In The Facade Of Continuous Visual Experience? / Alex O. Holcombe -- Pt. Iv Fragments Of Time -- 10. Perceptual Asynchrony In Vision / Konstantinos Moutoussis -- 11. Constructing Time: Dennett And Grush On Temporal Representation / Bruno Molder. Contents Note Continued: Pt. V Subjective Times And Lived Time -- 12. Temporal Windows As A Bridge From Objective To Subjective Time / Yan Bao -- 13. Time And Magic---manipulating Subjective Temporality / Thomas Fraps -- 14. Subjective Duration In The Laboratory And The World Outside / Catharine Montgomery -- Pt. Vi Intersections: Timeless Philosophy And Timely Experiment -- 15. Subjective Time: From Past To Future / Dan Lloyd -- Pt. Vii Off The Clock -- 16. The Neural Mechanisms Of Timing On Short Timescales / Dean V. Buonomano -- 17. Illusory Distortion Of Subjective Time Perception / Ryota Kanai -- 18. Cognitive Versus Associative Decision Rules In Timing / J.e.r. Staddon -- Pt. Viii What And When -- 19. What Determines Simultaneity And Order Perception? / Piotr Jaskowski -- 20. The Research On Audiovisual Perception Of Temporal Order And The Processing Of Musical Temporal Patterns: Associations, Pitfalls, And Future Directions / Georgios Papadelis. Contents Note Continued: 21. On The Flexibility Of Human Temporal Resolution / Valtteri Arstila -- Pt. Ix Action And Passion -- 22. Temporal Perception In The Context Of Action / Sukhvinder S. Obhi -- 23. What Emotions Tell Us About Time / Sylvie Droit-volet -- 24. Embodied Time: The Experience Of Time, The Body, And The Self / Marc Wittmann -- Pt. X Altered Times -- 25. Variability Of Duration Perception: From Natural And Induced Alterations To Psychiatric Disorders / Till M. Wagner -- 26. Time Processing In Developmental Disorders: A Comparative View / Valdas Noreika -- 27. The Potential Link Between Temporal Averaging And Drug-taking Behavior / Matthew S. Matell -- 28. The Perception Of Time In Hypnosis / Peter Naish -- 29. Time In The Psychopathological Mind / Warren H. Meck -- Pt. Xi Reflections -- 30. The Disunity Of Time / Valtteri Arstila. Edited By Valtteri Arstila And Dan Lloyd. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 6 Preface 10 Acknowledgments 14 Contributors 16 I Historical Sources 20 1 Excerpts from The Principles of Psychology 22 2 The Development of the “Specious Present” and James’s Views on Temporal Experience 44 3 A Brief Account of Husserl’s Conception of Our Consciousness of Time 62 4 The Structure of Lived Time 80 II Contemporary Philosophies of Lived Time 94 5 Primal Impression and Enactive Perception 102 6 The Phenomenal Continuum 120 7 The Temporal Structure of Experience 158 III Choppy Streams of Consciousness 178 8 Is Visual Perception Like a Continuous Flow or a Series of Snapshots? 180 9 Are There Cracks in the Facade of Continuous Visual Experience? 198 IV Fragments of Time 218 10 Perceptual Asynchrony in Vision 220 11 Constructing Time: Dennett and Grush on Temporal Representation 236 V Subjective Times and Lived Time 258 12 Temporal Windows as a Bridge from Objective to Subjective Time 260 13 Time and Magic — Manipulating Subjective Temporality 282 14 Subjective Duration in the Laboratory and the World Outside 306 VI Intersections: Timeless Philosophy and Timely Experiment 326 15 Subjective Time: From Past to Future 328 VII Off the Clock 342 16 The Neural Mechanisms of Timing on Short Timescales 348 17 Illusory Distortion of Subjective Time Perception 362 18 Cognitive versus Associative Decision Rules in Timing 374 VIII What and When 396 19 What Determines Simultaneity and Order Perception? 398 20 The Research on Audiovisual Perception of Temporal Order and the Processing of Musical Temporal Patterns: Associations, Pitfalls, and Future Directions 428 21 On the Flexibility of Human Temporal Resolution 450 IX Action and Passion 472 22 Temporal Perception in the Context of Action 474 23 What Emotions Tell Us about Time 496 24 Embodied Time: The Experience of Time, the Body, and the Self 526 X Altered Times 544 25 Variability of Duration Perception: From Natural and Induced Alterations to Psychiatric Disorders 548 26 Time Processing in Developmental Disorders: A Comparative View 576 27 The Potential Link between Temporal Averaging and Drug-Taking Behavior 618 28 The Perception of Time in Hypnosis 640 29 Time in the Psychopathological Mind 656 XI Reflections 674 30 The Disunity of Time 676 Index 684 Interdisciplinary perspectives on the feature of conscious life that scaffolds every act of cognition: subjective time.Our awareness of time and temporal properties is a constant feature of conscious life. Subjective temporality structures and guides every aspect of behavior and cognition, distinguishing memory, perception, and anticipation. This milestone volume brings together research on temporality from leading scholars in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, defining a new field of interdisciplinary research. The book's thirty chapters include selections from classic texts by William James and Edmund Husserl and new essays setting them in historical context; contemporary philosophical accounts of lived time; and current empirical studies of psychological time. These last chapters, the larger part of the book, cover such topics as the basic psychophysics of psychological time, its neural foundations, its interaction with the body, and its distortion in illness and altered states of consciousness. ContributorsMelissa J. Allman, Holly Andersen, Valtteri Arstila, Yan Bao, Dean V. Buonomano, Niko A. Busch, Barry Dainton, Sylvie Droit-Volet, Christine M. Falter, Thomas Fraps, Shaun Gallagher, Alex O. Holcombe, Edmund Husserl, William James, Piotr Jaskowski, Jeremie Jozefowiez, Ryota Kanai, Allison N. Kurti, Dan Lloyd, Armando Machado, Matthew S. Matell, Warren H. Meck, James Mensch, Bruno Mölder, Catharine Montgomery, Konstantinos Moutoussis, Peter Naish, Valdas Noreika, Sukhvinder S. Obhi, Ruth Ogden, Alan o'Donoghue, Georgios Papadelis, Ian B. Phillips, Ernst Pöppel, John E. R. Staddon, Dale N. Swanton, Rufin VanRullen, Argiro Vatakis, Till M. Wagner, John Wearden, Marc Wittmann, Agnieszka Wykowska, Kielan Yarrow, Bin Yin, Dan Zahavi Interdisciplinary perspectives on the feature of conscious life that scaffolds every act of subjective time. Our awareness of time and temporal properties is a constant feature of conscious life. Subjective temporality structures and guides every aspect of behavior and cognition, distinguishing memory, perception, and anticipation. This milestone volume brings together research on temporality from leading scholars in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, defining a new field of interdisciplinary research. The book's thirty chapters include selections from classic texts by William James and Edmund Husserl and new essays setting them in historical context; contemporary philosophical accounts of lived time; and current empirical studies of psychological time. These last chapters, the larger part of the book, cover such topics as the basic psychophysics of psychological time, its neural foundations, its interaction with the body, and its distortion in illness and altered states of consciousness. Contributors Melissa J. Allman, Holly Andersen, Valtteri Arstila, Yan Bao, Dean V. Buonomano, Niko A. Busch, Barry Dainton, Sylvie Droit-Volet, Christine M. Falter, Thomas Fraps, Shaun Gallagher, Alex O. Holcombe, Edmund Husserl, William James, Piotr Jakowski, Jeremie Jozefowiez, Ryota Kanai, Allison N. Kurti, Dan Lloyd, Armando Machado, Matthew S. Matell, Warren H. Meck, James Mensch, Bruno Mlder, Catharine Montgomery, Konstantinos Moutoussis, Peter Naish, Valdas Noreika, Sukhvinder S. Obhi, Ruth Ogden, Alan o'Donoghue, Georgios Papadelis, Ian B. Phillips, Ernst Pppel, John E. R. Staddon, Dale N. Swanton, Rufin VanRullen, Argiro Vatakis, Till M. Wagner, John Wearden, Marc Wittmann, Agnieszka Wykowska, Kielan Yarrow, Bin Yin, Dan Zahavi