Time experience during social distancing: A longitudinal study during the first months of COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

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Cravo, Andre Mascioli ; de Azevedo, Gustavo Brito ; Bilacchi Azarias, Cristiano Moraes ; Barne, Louise Catheryne ; Bueno, Fernanda Dantas ; de Camargo, Raphael Y. ; Morita, Vanessa Carneiro ; Pupo Sirius, Esau Ventura ; Recio, Renan Schiavolin ; Silvestrin, Mateus ; de Azevedo Neto, Raymundo Machado

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SCIENCE ADVANCES; v. 8, n. 15, p. 18-pg., 2022-04-01.

Abstract

Social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic brought several modifications in our daily lives. With these changes, some people have reported alterations in their feelings of how fast time was passing. In this study, we assessed whether and how social distancing and the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced participants' time awareness and production of time intervals. Participants (n = 3855) filled in the first questionnaire approximately 60 days after the start of social distancing in Brazil and weekly questionnaires for 15 weeks during social distancing. Our results indicate that time was perceived as expanded at the beginning, but this feeling decreased across the weeks. Time awareness was strongly associated with psychological factors such as loneliness, stress, and positive emotions, but not with time production. This relation was shown between participants and within their longitudinal reports. Together, our findings show how emotions are a crucial aspect of how time is felt. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 19/06423-7 - Implicit short-term memory and uncertainty in visuomotor integration and temporal information processing
• Grantee: Esaú Sirius Ventura Pupo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
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• Grantee: Mateus Silvestrin
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
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• Grantee: Gustavo Brito de Azevedo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
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• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
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• Grantee: Fernanda Dantas Bueno
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)