Why Time Speeds Up As You Get Older (It's Not What You Think)

Remember how long the summer you were ten felt? And then last summer... where did it go? In this video: why the popular "a year is a smaller slice of your life" explanation falls short, what two large surveys actually found, the free-fall experiment that shows time can stretch in memory, and what you can do about it. CHAPTERS 0:00 The summer you were ten 0:23 The explanation you've probably heard 0:57 What the surveys actually found 1:46 The feeling is real 2:15 It's about memory 3:06 The free-fall experiment 3:58 The ancient brain 4:32 Feeling busy 5:13 The obvious counterpoint 6:01 A strange consequence 6:20 Can you slow it down? 6:58 So the real answer is layered 7:18 Back to the summer you were ten Note: the "last Tuesday" example, the ancestor explanation and the tips at the end are my own illustrations, not findings from those studies. Most of this research is survey-based, so it measures how time feels and is remembered, not time itself. #timeperception #psychology #brainscience