Interactive Simulator

Attention Gate Model

Manipulate arousal and attentional focus to experience how subjective time warps. Based on Zakay & Block (1995).

50

Pacemaker rate ∝ arousal

50

Gate openness ∝ attention

Pacemaker

Rate ∝ arousal

5.0 pulses/s

Gate

Opens with attention

50% open

Accumulator

Counts through-pulses

filling…

Subjective duration

1.00×

normal

Pulse stream

Objective time

Subjective time

Model formula

Subjective duration = (pulse_rate × gate_openness) / baseline
where pulse_rate = arousal/10, gate_openness = attention/100, baseline = 2.5
Normalized so baseline (50,50) = 1.00×