Time also seems to pass slowly when we are bored, or in pain. It seems to speed up when we’re in a state of absorption, such as when we play music or chess, or paint or dance. More generally, most people report time seems to speed up as they get older.
However, these variations in time perception are quite mild. Our experience of time can change in a much more radical way. In my new book, I describe what I call “time expansion experiences” – in which seconds can stretch out into minutes.
The reasons why time can speed up and slow down are a
bit of a mystery. Some researchers, including me, think that mild
variations in time perception are linked to information processing....<<<Read More>>>...
