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What illusions tell us about silence

PNAS Science Sessions

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The Illusion of Silence and Event-Based Warping

This chapter explores the illusion of silence and how it impacts our perception of time, presenting a study that reveals how continuous silence is perceived as longer than separate silences of the same duration. It also introduces the concept of event-based warping, where time perception is distorted within events.

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