When others are moving around us, it makes time seem to pass slower
It s not just love: all biological movement seems to slow down time.
A recent scientific study published in
Experimental Brain Research has found that biological movement makes time seemingly pass slower. According to the study, this is not the case for non-biological movement.
Image credits: Fitsum Admasu.
“Visual motion stimuli can sometimes distort our perception of time. This effect is dependent on the apparent speed of the moving stimulus, where faster stimuli are usually perceived lasting longer than slower stimuli,” the researchers explain.
The research was conducted at ABC Federal University (São Paulo, Brazil) and collected data from 30 students. The researchers’ goal was to evaluate how humans perceive the elapsed time when watching a video of a person running (biological movement) and a non-biological geometrical shape moving on a pendular way.