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The following 8 comments and questions have been sent in. They are listed according to date.
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- My sense of time is terrible
- What happens if person loses memory?
- Time slowed in a car accident
- Experienced slow motion when young
- Telling time in Bible
- Time and heart rate
- Playing rugby in slow motion
- What is technical name for slow motion
My sense of time is terrible
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September 5, 2006
i was just asking that my sence of time has terribly increased or i don't know if this means this means it isn't sometimes i feel time is passing slowly tat if smth happened from an hour or two i think it has happened from a week &i have been forgetting things lately , could these things happen just because of feeling bored ?
nouran - Egypt
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When a person is bored in an activity, times goes by slowly. But also memory of the activity is often lost, because there was no concentration. But if you are doing something you enjoy doing or something of great interest, time goes by very quickly. Also, you have vivid memories of what you did.
Seek to get the most from doing things you enjoy, and the memories will be good.
What happens if person loses memory?
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January 5, 2005
When we get old we perceive time as passing quicker, as you explained, time is relative to our experience of it. But what happens if someone has total memory loss. If they can't remember experiencing the years of life which they have lived they may feel that time is passing slowly for them, or not, as they have nothing to compare with.
Are you aware of anyone who has done work on this phenomenon?
Looking forward to your reply, I doubt if it will take long as I'm ancient.
Adrian - Wales
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There has been work on people with memory loss, including those with Alzheimer's disease. One symptom is distorted time perception. But I haven't seen details on whether time seems slower, faster or just distorted for the person's age.
It is an interesting twist.
Time slowed in a car accident
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January 4, 2004
Time slowed dramatically for me in a car accident. While I was parked my car was hit from behind, and my head bounced a few times against the steering wheel in no more than a second. I recall years later that I was telling myself to study every detail in the car as my bouncing head caused me to scan the dashboard & passenger door. I told myself that this space, these things are the only world I have to hold onto. It felt that it lasted for at least 7 or 8 seconds. I suffered a concussion & could not remember anything for 2 hours. Maybe my thoughts in the crash helped me to bring back other thoughts later on.
I keep wondering if this phenomenon relates to the concept of time being flexible.
Pat -
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I'm not sure if a person's perception of time is just different or if time actually is flexible in the person's world. While time goes in slowmotion for some events, it also seems to go faster as people get older.
Experienced slow motion when young
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October 25, 2003
I am 14 years old, so I was in school. Well, I was wishing for the clock to hurry as usual, when I thought I saw it skip a few minutes! I stared at it, and then looked around to see if anyone had noticed. I figured maybe the clock was just old, but when I looked back, it was still the same. I thought I heard the bell ring, but no one moved, which is completely absurd. So I sat there some more, and when I looked back the clock was frozen at the time I had seen before it skipped. Then suddenly, it was like I had woken up, and then the bell just rang. Seems to me it was like a vision/ slow moving sense of the clock. It was really weird.
Another time was when I was playing soccer, and I could hear someone yelling behind me. Everything seemed to go so slow...so I ducked, not even knowing why. Then everything was at normal pace, and I watched behind me as a soccer ball flew into the post, bounced off at a fast speed, and flew back about 15 feet! Someone kicked it that hard! I couldn't believe I missed it coming towards my head. But then later I could because I usually listen to my 6th snse and therefore have fast reactions, but only when it's out of the blue.
If anyone else has things that happened to them at a young age (the soccer was in about 5th grade, when I started tuning into my 6th sense) then please share!!
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melodie -
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Thanks for sharing your experiences. It sure is a strange feeling when time goes in slow motion. I'm sure others have experienced it when they were young, but often people never think of it until they hear about others experiencing the same thing.
Telling time in Bible
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October 16, 2003
Ciail had something to do with the way the people told time in the old testament, or the name of the people. I have wrecked my brain and so far nothing. Can you please help? Thank you, Sarah
Sarah -
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I'm sorry, but I couldn't find anything worth while on the subject.
Time and heart rate
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October 8, 2003
Sirs/madams , once I saw a documentary regarding the perception of time by animals - they related it to the number of heartbeats that occurred during the life of the animal . They asserted that an elephant and a shrew , even though they live vastly different periods of time , both have in common the same number of heartbeats for their life . The conclusion they were drawing was that percecption of time is based on an internal clock that is somehow moderated by the beating of the heart.
Could it be that children's hearts beat faster when they are younger , which would relate to having time drawn out and as they age and their heartbeat slows their perception of time alters ? I look foward to your reply .
warren -
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The exception to that theory concerns humans in good physical condition, especially those who run. The average adult male has a heart rate of 72 beats per minute. A person who is in good shape from running can get his or her pulse down around 50 beats per minute. But I doubt that they perceive time any differently than those with the higher rate.
On the other hand, older adults--whether they have a high pulse or low rate--all say that time passes by so much faster than when they were younger.
Playing rugby in slow motion
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August 24, 2003
I had a similiar experience while playing rugby some years ago i was tackled and as i was brought to the ground by my tackler i felt time come to an abrupt stand still alot of things seemed to be frozen in time it only lasted several seconds until time resumed and i fell to the ground at what seemed to be "warp" speed as time resumed i've been questioning it ever since one theory was temporal stasis the supernatural ability to stop objects in time but the scientific explanation is more believable
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Thanks for sharing your experience. At the very least, everyone remembers when it has happened to them.
What is technical name for slow motion
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August 12, 2003
This "slowing down effect" has a technical name for it, but I've heard it only once and can't remember what it is. I remember it being a short word (~5 letters or so). If anyone knows the term, please forward it to me. Just curious, have any studies been done whereby a self-induced perception of anxiety can mimic this effect? overwhelming intense concentration seems to elicit this effect, but what is that elusive term?
david -
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Although there are many studies on the perception of time, I haven't really seen a term for the slowing down effect. If I find out, I'll let you know.
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