Psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, and DMT do something strange to the way the brain experiences time.

A baseball speeds from the hands of a pitcher, a slave to Newton’s laws. But in the brain of the batter who is watching it, ...

Ever feel like time crawls when bored? Scientists reveal your brain's anterior insula, linked to awareness, slows down, ...

Imagine a place where time seems to slow down, where every second stretches out to be savored. A recent study has discovered ...

Our perception of time is peculiar. We do not have an organ that measures time as we have organs for sounds, smells, or images. There are no time hallucinations or time illusions in the way there are ...

Perception of time is very dynamic. We can accurately judge how much time has passed, or inaccurately perceive that time duration is longer or shorter than the actual time passed. We have biological ...

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Our world is shaped by forces both vast and invisible. From the ocean’s deep influence on climate to the way social media manipulates our perception of time, science reveals patterns that reshape how ...