Why Does Every Year Feel Shorter? (It's Not Your Imagination)

Remember when summer break felt endless? Now a whole year disappears before you've even noticed. You're not imagining it — here's what's really going on inside your brain, and the simple way to slow time down. 0:00 Where did the year go? 0:37 The simple math 1:19 How your brain records time 1:44 The free-fall experiment 2:18 Why childhood feels so long 2:34 The routine trap 2:59 The holiday paradox 3:15 The return trip effect 3:33 How to slow time down What's one thing you've never done before that you'll try this week? Tell me in the comments. Sources: Paul Janet (1877), on the proportional perception of time — Revue philosophique Stetson, Fiesta & Eagleman (2007), "Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event?" — PLoS ONE Claudia Hammond, "Time Warped" (2012) — the holiday paradox van de Ven, van Rijswijk & Roy (2011), "The return trip effect" — Psychonomic Bulletin & Review #psychology #brain #explained