Felt Time
The Science of How We Experience Time
$54.73
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2017
Summary
An expert explores the riddle of subjective time, from why time speeds up as we grow older to the connection between time and consciousness.We have widely varying perceptions of time. Children have trouble waiting for anything. (“Are we there yet?”) Boredom is often connected to our sense of time passing (or not passing). As people grow older, time seems to speed up, the years flitting by without a pause. How does our sense of time come about? In Felt Time, Marc Wittmann explores the riddle o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262533546 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262533545 |
| Author: | Marc Wittmann, Erik Butler |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Felt Time |
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Felt Time eloquently sketches out the importance of time, both in the darkness of the lab and in the full light of everyday behaviour.
Felt Time eloquently sketches out the importance of time, both in the darkness of the lab and in the full light of everyday behaviour. Nature … [A] fascinating inquiry into how our subjective experience of time’s passage shapes everything from our emotional memory to our sense of self. – Maria Popova Brain Pickings
About The Author
Marc Wittmann
Marc Wittmann is Research Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany, and the author of Felt Time- The Psychology of How We Perceive Time (MIT Press).
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