So it's true... time does fly when you're having fun
From the age-old saying, we all know what happens to time when we are having fun.
When we engage with new and exciting experiences or have lots of fun generally, time goes quickly. Whereas when we are bored, stressed or anxious, time feels like it’s dragging on. Well, it seems experts have done a little digging into why time passes differently in various situations. A new study, from scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that time-sensitive neurons in our brains get ‘worn out’ from certain tasks. As a result, this affects our perception of time.– explains that neurons in the ‘supramarginal gyrus’ part of the brain become tired when they’re repeatedly exposed to a different stimulus for a fixed duration. But, because neurons in the other parts of the brain continue business as usual, our perception is skewed.
If their grey circle was on the screen for a long period of time, individuals were more likely to underestimate the duration of the second stimuli, whereas if their grey circle lasted a short amount of time, they were more likely to overestimate.
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