Category: Time perception
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NPR TED Radio Hour: How we experience time
Why does one hour drag by, but a year can pass in a flash? And how does our relationship with time influence our behavior? This hour, I talk about my recent TEDx talk on how the heart can shape how we experience time.
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The Heart Can Sway Our Perception of Time
By Anton Benz & Daisy Yuhas in Scientific America (2023) First, it races away unstoppably—then it seems to stand still. Our perception of time is anything but constant. Two new studies suggest our heartbeat can cause passing moments to drag or fly. The experiments, led by separate research groups, have uncovered complementary findings. Together, their work…
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How the heart can change our perception of time
Two new studies have found that our heartbeat contributes to feeling like passing moments fly or drag. Experiments reported in “Current Biology” discovered that our perception of time passage expands and contracts within each heartbeat. Irena Arslanova, lead author of one of the studies and postdoctoral researcher at the University…
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TEDx Berlin
Do you ever feel like time slows down when you’re bored but flies when you’re having fun? Let’s explore the ways your brain and heart shape your perception of time, revealing how your heartbeat doesn’t just keep you alive — it also influences whether moments feel fleeting or stretched.
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Perceived time expands and contracts within each heartbeat
Do you ever feel like time slows down when you’re bored but flies when you’re having fun? Let’s explore the ways your brain and heart shape your perception of time, revealing how your heartbeat doesn’t just keep you alive — it also influences whether moments feel fleeting or stretched.
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In search of experienced time: how the heart-brain coupling supports time perception
Combining a novel experimental paradigm with cutting-edge neuroimaging, Irena Arslanova aims to establish that time awareness arises from an intricate brain–body interplay.
Irena Arslanova 