Rate of change of Delta t

Dec 18, 2007 18:48

During frightful events, our perception of time does not actually change, it just feels that way because the amygdala is creating more immediate memories of the event.

Still, the experience is one of time slowing down, which makes sense. Greater granularity of consciousness.

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Edit: argh - foiled by html white spaces - fixed with pre tags.

consciousness, psychology, neuroscience

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