Time Flies Research Articles

Exploration of the Effectiveness and Experience of AI‐Assisted Academic Reading

ABSTRACTAI‐assisted reading tool has rapidly gained popularity because it can simplify and improve the process of comprehending research papers. This study examines their actual impact on students' academic reading effectiveness and experience. Two groups of participants were recruited for quasi‐experiment and use Mann–Whitney non‐parametric test to analyze their academic reading effectiveness and experience. Content analysis is employed to extract and analyze prompts posed by participants with AI‐assisted reading tool. Results show that positive impacts are noted on retelling of “Results”, “Conclusion”, and “Critical thinking”. However, negative effects emerge in “Background & purpose”, “Methodology”, and “Detail”. User experiences reveal “Concentration” challenges but positive perceptions of “Time fly”, “Control”, and “Feel joyful”. Students tend to pose self‐generated prompts rather than recommend prompts. AI‐assisted reading tools offer overall benefits but necessitate recognizing negative impacts. Students are encouraged to enhance their digital literacy to use AI‐assisted reading tools. Additionally, optimizing tool functions is essential for sustainable development.

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Variation in cognitive investment: making time fly… or drag!

Social media is increasingly prevalent in the daily lives of young people as a source of entertainment and social interaction. However, the time spent on such stimuli reduces availability for other activities that used to be more prevalent, such as reading, development of motor skills, and face-to-face social interaction. Little is known about the effects of this habit changes on the cognitive development of young individuals. One possible way to assess cognitive investment in a particular task is through the perception of time passage. In the present study, we investigated the cognitive investment in different activities and its relationship with the perception of time passage in young individuals aged 14 to 15 years old. Four groups of volunteers were formed. Each group performed a different activity for 23 minutes. Group 1 spent the 23 minutes browsing a social network (TikTok); Group 2 read classics of Brazilian literature; Group 3 played the board game “Pictionary”; and Group 4 was instructed to practice a complex pen spinning around the fingers. The duration of the activity was not disclosed, and at the end of the 23 minutes, volunteers were individually asked how much time they thought had passed during the activity. The group that engaged in TikTok had an average perception of 20 minutes, a value almost identical to the pen spinning, which was 19 minutes, with no statistically significant difference between them (p > 0.05). On the other hand, activities requiring greater cognitive effort and social interaction, such as reading and the board game, had average time perceptions of 25 and 28 minutes, respectively. The latter two even reached time perception values of 40 and 44 minutes, which were the highest in the entire experiment. According to analysis of variance, groups with the lowest mean time perception (TikTok and pen spinning) were significantly different from the board game group (p < 0.05). Based on our results, we can conclude that the nature of the activity undertaken affects time perception on the brain. This may be related to the amount of new information presented and absorbed during novelty and learning activities. Engaging in new and cognitive demanding experiences give the impression that time lasted longer. Conversely, repetitive activities without new stimuli give the sensation that the same time interval seems shorter. Further studies investigating the consequences of overexposure to repetitive and unstimulating activities are necessary to understand their potential effects on the brain development of adolescents.

Would you buy what you are selling?

I never thought I would be here. Well, that's actually not true. I knew I would, I just never thought it would happen so fast… 18 years in the blink of an eye. I am the proud father of four children, but I have only one daughter — so when it was time to start looking at colleges, a few things happened. First, I began to notice more gray hairs (I’m kidding, but not really). Second, and most relevant here, my wife and I slowly began to embrace the concept that our only daughter, the “2024” using competitive sports lingo, was now a high school senior, and she was no longer in elementary school. Time flies.

How time flies: Time perception and intertemporal choice

This paper identifies a potential gap between time preference and intertemporal choices such as time discounting tasks: The intertemporal choices could be partly driven by a biased perception of time and thus may not completely reveal actual time preference. To test this, we explore the causal relationship between time perception and intertemporal choices by conducting a laboratory experiment in which cognitive load is used as a stimulating instrument to induce differences in time perception. We establish that the perceived time lengths for subjects with high cognitive load are shorter than those with low cognitive load and that individuals who underestimate time appear more patient in their intertemporal choices. Mediation analyses show that time perception mediates a significant portion of cognitive load’s effect on intertemporal choices. Our study thus demonstrates that time preference identified by intertemporal choices might be confounded by potentially biased time perception, calling for improving suboptimal time-related economic decisions due to an individual’s misperception of how time flies.

The longest year ever: Emotions and time perception interact to predict how frequently individuals engage in COVID-19 avoidance behaviors.

Affective states alter the perception of how quickly time is passing. However, previous studies have not examined the independent and interactive effects of emotion and time perception on behavioral outcomes. The current study sought to better understand the relationships between affect, time perception, and reported engagement in COVID-19 pathogen avoidance behaviors (e.g., social distancing, wearing a mask) over 1 year. The study sample was comprised of American adults (n = 1,000) recruited using Prolific. The majority of participants in the final sample (50.1% male, 46.8% female, 3.1% nonbinary/other) identified as White/Caucasian (78.9%) or Black/African American (11.9%). The average age in the sample was 34.4 years (SD = 11.3). Consistent with study hypotheses, approach-motivated affective states (happiness) were associated with time flying, and avoidance-motivated affective states (nervous, lack of control) were associated with time dragging. Moderation analyses revealed that reports of greater avoidance-motivated affect and time dragging, and reports of greater approach-motivated affect and time flying interacted to predict more frequent engagement in pathogen avoidance behaviors. These results contribute to the existing literature describing the affective and behavioral effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by suggesting both approach- and avoidance-motivated affective states have important implications for engagement in pathogen avoidance behaviors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Time flies, but you’re in control: the mediating effect of self-control between time attitude and academic procrastination

BackgroundAcademic procrastination has become an increasing concern in the educational sector. Prior studies identified various correlations among academic procrastination, time attitude and self-control. Nevertheless, few studies have examined the past time attitude and the mechanism underlying those relationships, and the existing studies have been implemented during regular school time. To fill those gaps, the present study includes all three dimensions of time attitude (past-oriented, present-oriented and future-oriented in both positive and negative perspectives), and proposes self-control as a mediator between academic procrastination and time attitude. The study was carried out during an extraordinary winter holiday in China, with final exams waiting at the end of the holiday.MethodsA total of 323 middle school students in China (178 girls and 145 boys, 12–19 years old) completed an online survey with questions on their academic procrastination, time attitude and self-control. The collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25 and Hayes SPSS macro PROCESS (Model 4).ResultsThe results showed that academic procrastination was negatively associated with all three positive time attitudes and positively correlated with the present negative time attitude. Moreover, self-control significantly mediates the relationship between academic procrastination and all three positive time attitudes.ConclusionBased on these findings, self-control could be the underlying mechanism in the relationship between academic procrastination and time attitude. This study broadens the scope of relevant empirical research to the past time attitude, and determines the mechanism that underlies the association between academic procrastination and time attitude under a novel context. Further implications for teaching regulation and intervention are discussed.

Tethered-flight performance of thermally-acclimated pest fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) suggests that heat waves may promote the spread of Bactrocera species.

Thermal history may induce phenotypic plasticity in traits that affect performance and fitness. One type of plastic response triggered by thermal history is acclimation. Because flight is linked to movement in the landscape, trapping and detection rates, and underpins the success of pest management tactics, it is particularly important to understand how thermal history may affect pest insect flight performance. We investigated the tethered-flight performance of Ceratitis capitata, Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae), acclimated for 48 h at 20, 25 or 30 °C and tested at 25 °C. We recorded the total distance, average speed, number of flight events and time spent flying during 2-h tests. We also characterized morphometric traits (body mass, wing shape and wing loading) that can affect flight performance. The main factor affecting most flight traits was body mass. The heaviest species, B. dorsalis, flew further, was faster and stopped less often in comparison with the two other species. Bactrocera species exhibited faster and longer flight when compared with C. capitata, which may be associated with the shape of their wings. Moreover, thermal acclimation had sex- and species-specific effects on flight performance. Flies acclimated at 20 °C stopped more often, spent less time flying and, ultimately, covered shorter distances. Flight performance of B. dorsalis is greater than that of B. zonata and C. capitata. The effects of thermal acclimation are species-specific. Warmer acclimation temperatures may allow pest fruit flies to disperse further and faster. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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Why time flies? The role of immersion in short video usage behavior.

Short videos are becoming increasingly popular globally, and users are devoting more time to viewing them. However, few studies have examined the characteristics of short video content and the technical features that are related to media use. The present study developed a model to explore the influence of technological affordances on short video usage and considered innovation in terms of format, setting, and content. A total of 496 viewers of short videos from China were surveyed. The participants completed 31 Likert-scale items. The study used maximum likelihood estimation modeling. The results revealed that perceived novelty and content value (entertainment and irritation) affected immersion positively, consequently influencing intentions for reuse and recommendation. The ease of navigating an application, narrative structure, and information value had no significant effect on immersion. These findings have confirmed that perceived situation affordance and the affective affordance of short videos in digital environments that are managed by intelligent algorithms. It is necessary to analyze the potential impact of different affordances specifically.

Regenerable glycine induces selective preparation of vaterite CaCO3 by calcium leaching and CO2 mineralization from coal fly ash

Leaching-mineralization cycle (LMC) technology using amino acid as a multifunctional reagent meets the need for CO2 removal and alkaline industrial residues treatment while avoiding the heavy consumption of exogenous chemical reagents (e.g., leaching reagent, CO2 absorbent, and crystal inducer) in traditional CO2 mineralization. However, the technical feasibility in diverse conditions and underlying mechanisms of this technology are not fully explored and still lack direct evidence. The influence of key operating factors, including leaching time, glycine concentration, and coal fly ash (CFA) dosage on Ca leaching efficiency, mineralization efficiency, Ca utilization efficiency, and CaCO3 yield, were systemically investigated to obtain an optimal process performance. Results showed that the optimal CaCO3 yield of 98.8 g/kg-CFA, leaching efficiency of 38.7%, and mineralization efficiency of 74.4% were obtained at conditions of 1 h leaching time, 200 g/L CFA dosage, and 2 M glycine solution. FT-IR results of the mineralized solution depicted a decline of deprotonated glycine and an increase of glycine overtime during the mineralization step, implying a continued regeneration of glycine. Mineralogy and morphology analysis of the carbonated product revealed that vaterite with a narrow particle size distribution and uniform spherical shapes were induced selectively by glycine as its preferential binding of acidic residues to metal ions in inhibition of vaterite dissolution, and the feasibility of the selective vaterite preparation from CFA was confirmed in a broad range of conditions. There was a quandary between high yield and low particle because of the particle agglomeration caused by the high dosage of the substrate.

Time flies, waste piles: A bibliometric analysis of solid waste management research

Implementing efficient solid waste management practices is paramount in safeguarding the long-term viability of our planet’s natural resources and ecosystems. In addition, it represents a reasonable approach to future management decisions. This study aims to analyse the trend of solid waste management research publications in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases. ScientoPy was used to analyse the datasets in this study by defining publication growth, projected subject areas, productive source titles, productive countries, and the most frequently used keywords over time. The findings of this study underscored that the Scopus and WoS databases evince a steady escalation in publications throughout the years, with a marked upswing from the outset of the 21st century. The three subject areas with the most published documents are Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Engineering, and Science & Technology - Other Topics. India has been found to possess the highest count of published documents, amounting to 474 papers, and displays a comparatively high percentage of documents published in 2021 and 2022 (PDLY) of 23%. Based on an analysis of research topics, it has been determined that solid waste management is a multifaceted and interdisciplinary area of research that encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, including but not limited to sustainability and life cycle assessment. This input provides valuable insights that can aid in comprehending issues, addressing gaps, and directing future research endeavours, particularly those related to ecological cycles. Such insights can assist researchers in resolving pressing concerns and generating innovative solutions. Prospective studies in solid waste management may focus on innovative waste treatment technologies, policy analysis, economic implications, and investigation of emerging issues such as sustainability and life cycle assessment. Interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing can facilitate the resolution of solid waste management issues.

Editorial: Evolution from AI, IoT and Big Data Analytics to Metaverse

Time flies. Since I took over the Editor-in-Chief position from this journal's founding Editor-in-Chief, Professor Fei-Yue Wang in 2018, five years has past just like a second. Looking back from today, as a team, we, including editorial board members, editorial staff members, our early career advisory board members, all contributing authors and all reviewers, should be proud of what this journal has achieved. This journal is the first of its kind of journals, resulting from IEEE’ s collaboration with Chinese Association of Automation-an outside-USA professional organization/institution. We have overcome many barriers and difficulties, and well proven that we, united and working together, can accomplish a challenging mission. We indeed set a great example for IEEE and its many societies to pursue more and more collaboration with other publishers, organizations and institutions from not only China but also such countries as India, Brazil, and Japan.

신체적 작업 부하가 시간 인지에 미치는 영향

Objective: This study investigated an effect of a level of physical workload on individual"s ability of time perception.Background: Having a low discrepancy between a clock time and perceived time indicates a good health condition. While previous studies have found an effect of mental workload on perceived time, no study had yet revealed a relationship between physical workload and time perception.Method: Thirty participants evaluated to assess the subjective physical workload of four different tasks using Borg Category Rating 10. They were, then, asked a perceived time spent on each task to calculate a time perception ratio to a clock time. Heart rate was also measured before and after each task to calculated change in heart rate.Results: A level of subjective workload, measured by Borg Category Rating 10 (CR 10), was highly correlated with a change in heart rate. Using the two measures of physical workload, we found a strong correlation between a level of physical workload and change in time perception ratio. Also, a level of physical workload, in terms of a change in heart rate and Borg CR 10, could significantly predict a change in time perception ratio with 𝑅² value of 0.552 and 0.534, respectively.Conclusion: When participants performed a task with a higher level of physical workload, they tended to think that "time flew".Application: The result of this study can be applied to determine an appropriate amount of physical workload of a task to lower a discrepancy between a clock time and perceived time.

Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions

Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions

The ‘net zero’ carbon needs ‘billions of zeros’ capital. But what about cheaper solutions?

Time flies, as CO2 and global temperatures continue to rise rapidly. We can no longer rely on expensive and unachievable or long-delayed new technologies, requiring investment and development to reduce carbon emissions in future decades. Current geopolitical uncertainties are looming while climate change and food insecurity are increasing, and the world's economy is struggling following the two most recent major crises of COVID and war in Europe. Here, emphasis is placed on the demand-side role of urban populations to influence carbon emissions. Focusing on two key carbon emitters – the agricultural and transport sectors, contributing a third of global greenhouse gas emissions combined – a few existing and well-established practical ‘soft’ measures are suggested, in addition to emission reductions. These measures can be implemented effectively at no or little extra cost, while new digital technologies can contribute to managing our daily carbon emissions.

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Time flies

A Predictive Processing Model of Episodic Memory and Time Perception

Human perception and experience of time are strongly influenced by ongoing stimulation, memory of past experiences, and required task context. When paying attention to time, time experience seems to expand; when distracted, it seems to contract. When considering time based on memory, the experience may be different than what is in the moment, exemplified by sayings like "time flies when you're having fun." Experience of time also depends on the content of perceptual experience-rapidly changing or complex perceptual scenes seem longer in duration than less dynamic ones. The complexity of interactions among attention, memory, and perceptual stimulation is a likely reason that an overarching theory of time perception has been difficult to achieve. Here, we introduce a model of perceptual processing and episodic memory that makes use of hierarchical predictive coding, short-term plasticity, spatiotemporal attention, and episodic memory formation and recall, and apply this model to the problem of human time perception. In an experiment with approximately 13,000 human participants, we investigated the effects of memory, cognitive load, and stimulus content on duration reports of dynamic natural scenes up to about 1 minute long. Using our model to generate duration estimates, we compared human and model performance. Model-based estimates replicated key qualitative biases, including differences by cognitive load (attention), scene type (stimulation), and whether the judgment was made based on current or remembered experience (memory). Our work provides a comprehensive model of human time perception and a foundation for exploring the computational basis of episodic memory within a hierarchical predictive coding framework.

Does time fly when you engage more? Effort intensity moderates the relationship between affect and time perception

Does time fly when you engage more? Effort intensity moderates the relationship between affect and time perception