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The Perception of Time and Aging: Why Years Fly By

This chapter investigates how aging affects our perception of time, with older individuals feeling that years fly by more rapidly. It examines the role of dopamine and introduces a logarithmic scale to explain why a single year feels less significant as we move from childhood to adulthood.

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