Research
Scientists uncover an intriguing link between your metabolism and your sense of time
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- An exploratory study published in Psychophysiology suggests that how quickly a minute seems to pass may be tied to resting metabolism, hormone levels and working memory.
- The same study examines how consistently people judge the length of a minute.
- The study compares healthy adults with another group of individuals, but the source excerpt is truncated and does not give the full comparison.
Why it matters
The findings are preliminary and link subjective time perception to measurable physiological factors, which could inform future research on how the body shapes cognition. The study is exploratory, so it does not establish a causal relationship.
Who’s affected
- researchers in time perception, psychophysiology and cognitive science
- #time perception
- #metabolism
- #psychophysiology
- #working memory
- #hormones
How quickly a minute seems to pass, and how consistently a person can judge its length, may be tied to the body’s resting metabolism, hormone levels, and working memory, according to an exploratory study published in Psychophysiology . Comparing healthy adults with individuals…