Why Does Time Feel Faster as You Get Older?

why does time feel faster as you get older, why does time feel faster, time perception, time flies, why time goes faster as you get older, psychology of time, holiday paradox, David Eagleman, memory and time, how to slow down time In this video, a father and son follow the evidence: a 31-metre fall, an old Alfred Hitchcock episode watched inside 577 brain scans, and one simple question you can't answer. By the end, you'll know how to make a year feel long again. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 When summer lasted forever 0:35 The famous theory 1:15 What scientists found 2:01 The two clocks in your head 2:54 The 31-metre fall 3:57 The Hitchcock brain scans 4:50 Why childhood felt so long 5:43 The fastest combination there is 6:20 3 rules to slow time down 6:59 So, was summer really longer? 📚 Sources Paul Janet's proportional theory (1877), Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar... Wittmann & Lehnhoff (2005), 499 people aged 14–94, BPS Research Digest: https://bps.org.uk/research-digest/do... Friedman & Janssen (2010), time pressure and age: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20163... Stetson, Fiesta & Eagleman (2007), "Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event?", PLoS ONE: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... Temporal dedifferentiation of neural states with age (Communications Biology, 2025), Cam-CAN data: https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/... Claudia Hammond, Time Warped (the holiday paradox) William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890) 🔭 Next: If You Look Far Enough Into Space, Can You See Yesterday?    • If You Look Far Enough Into Space, Can You...   The Vellum: big questions, explained by a father and his son. #TimePerception #Psychology #Neuroscience