Science
‘Tired’ brain cells may distort your sense of time – Livescience.com
Time in the brain doesn’t follow the steady ticking of the world’s most precise clocks.
Time in the brain
doesn’t follow the steady ticking of the world’s most precise clocks. Instead, it seems to fly by at one moment and practically stand still at others. This distorted sense of time may be caused, in part, by brain cells getting tired, according to a new study.
When the brain has been exposed to the same exact time interval too many times, neurons or brain cells get overstimulated and fire less often, the study finds. However, our perception of time is complicated, and many ot…
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