Time Warped - Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception - Claudia Hammond

unlocking the mysteries of time perception

KORTE INHOUD

Drawing on the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, plus original research, writer and broadcaster Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception and offers advice for how to better manage our own.

Why does life speed up as we get older? Why does the clock in your head sometimes move at a different speed from the one on the wall? Have you ever tried to spend a day without looking at a clock or checking your watch? It's almost impossible. Time rules our lives, but how much do we understand it? And is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it?

Drawing on the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, and using original research on the way memory shapes our understanding of time, the acclaimed writer and BBC broadcaster Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception.

Along the way, Claudia introduces us to an extraordinary array of characters willing to go to great length in the interests of ...
2013Taal: Engelszie alle details...

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2013Uitgever: Harper Perennial342 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0062225200ISBN-13: 9780062225207

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