Undergraduates who scored high on need for cognition tended to underestimate a 90-sec. filled interval and their number of correct single solution anagrams tended to correlate negatively with estimated time. Subjects high in need for cognition reported the task was easy but enjoyment and prior experience were similar.
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Baugh et al. (1986) studied this question.