Motivasyonel koşulların zaman persepsiyonu üzerindeki etkisi bir tersine öğrenme paradigmasında

Time perception, a fundamental cognitive process, can be influenced by various external and internal factors such as adaptability, attentional control, and reinforcement learning. Understanding how motivation affects time perception is important in dynamic learning environments where participants must adapt to changing conditions and make timely decisions. To study the influence of food manipulation on participant's time perception, three experiments were designed in current study which involved reversal learning. Two food conditions; experimental and control. In one condition, a calorie-rich snack was provided at 10-minute intervals during breaks. No snack was offered in the control condition. The first experiment was conducted in a basketball court, where participants were rewarded by scoring the right basket. After a fixed interval, the basket changed, and scoring on the other side became correct. In the second experiment, there were two darts boards and participants threw darts at one of the two dartboards. After a fixed interval, the dartboard switched, and scoring on the other side became correct. In the third experiment, the task was to build houses of cards, with the correct table switching back and forth after a fixed interval. In all three experiments, participants were paid to score on the correct side. Our results suggest that food motivation influenced participant's time perception in the cards-based experiment but there was no effect of food manipulation on time perception of participant's in basketball and darts throwing experiment. Task difficulty affected time perception significantly and proficiency in the specific task being performed also affected time perception in all experiments. The interactions of food condition, proficiency and satiety was also checked which shows that even though food motivation was not significant in first two experiments, its interaction with other factors can be significant. This study extends the research on reversal learning and contributes to the understanding of various factors influencing human cognitive processes. It contributes to understanding how food manipulation interacts with adaptive decision-making and time perception under changing task requirements.