![]() The result? Those five minutes will seem like an eternity.įinally, even something as mundane as body temperature can affect our time perception. That stress will cause you to “record” the event in great detail, making a lot of memories – e.g., of the faces of the people in the front row. When you're finally up on that stage, you'll probably feel highly stressed. Furthermore, if we're experiencing a lot of stress, our senses are heightened, so we tend to make more memories.įor example, imagine that you despise public speaking yet you're obligated to give a five-minute presentation. The second factor in “time warping” is memory: the more memories we make, the more slowly time seems to pass. The participants' fear caused their brains to process information in far greater detail, and consequently, time seemed to decelerate. This phenomenon was tested by neuroscientist David Eagleman, who intentionally terrified his (willing) participants by throwing them off a skyscraper roof (don’t worry, they were wearing safety harnesses). When we process more information in a given period of time than usual, time seems to slow down. ![]() For example, when we’re afraid, we process all sense data – what we see, hear, smell, taste and feel – more thoroughly. ![]() ![]() So what factors influence this perception?įirstly, our emotions. ![]() In short, our perception: While the flow of time itself doesn’t vary, our perception of it does. Have you ever wondered why time seems to drag on endlessly one day, while the next day it appears to fly by? ![]()
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