Felt Time: The Science of How We Experience Time

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Marc Wittmann (Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health) Erik Butler (Translator (French and German to English))

Felt Time

The Science of How We Experience Time

Marc Wittmann (Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health), Erik Butler (Translator (French and German to English))

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MIT Press
07 April 2017

Time (chronology), time systems & standards

Series: Felt Time

"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 of subjective time, explaining our perception of time-whether moment by moment, or in terms of life as a whole. Drawing on the latest insights from psychology and neuroscience, Wittmann offers a new answer to the question of how we experience time. Wittmann explains, among other things, how we choose between savoring the moment and deferring gratification; why impulsive people are bored easily, and why their boredom is often a matter of time; whether each person possesses a personal speed, a particular brain rhythm distinguishing quick people from slow people; and why the feeling of duration can serve as an ""error signal,"" letting us know when it is taking too long for dinner to be ready or for the bus to come. He considers the practice of mindfulness, and whether it can reduce the speed of life and help us gain more time, and he describes how, as we grow older, subjective time accelerates as routine increases; a fulfilled and varied life is a long life. Evidence shows that bodily processes-especially the heartbeat-underlie our feeling of time and act as an internal clock for our sense of time. And Wittmann points to recent research that connects time to consciousness; ongoing studies of time consciousness, he tells us, will help us to understand the conscious self."

By: Marc Wittmann (Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health)
Translated by: Erik Butler (Translator (French and German to English))
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780262533546
ISBN 10: 0262533545
Series: Felt Time
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 07 April 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).

Reviews for Felt Time: The Science of How We Experience Time

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