Timothy Stanley

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Psychology of Time and Being

Psychology of Time and Being at: http://nyti.ms/e66Y2Y 

In short, some psychologists say, the findings support the philosopher Martin Heidegger’s observation that time “persists merely as a consequence of the events taking place in it.” Now researchers are finding that the reverse may also be true: if very few events come to mind, then the perception of time does not persist; the brain telescopes the interval that has passed.