Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman Ep1 "Does time really slow down when you're in fear for your life?"
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Mar 27, 2023 After a childhood fall made time seem to slow down, a neuroscientist set out to test the sensation by dropping volunteers from a tower. Could fear really speed up the brain’s visual processing? The experiment explores how danger, memory, and novelty shape our experience of time.
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Childhood Fall That Sparked Inquiry
- I fell twelve feet as a child and perceived time as stretched.
- David Eagleman later calculated the fall lasted only 0.6 seconds.
Officer's 'Slow Motion' During A Chase
- A police officer in a car chase felt the approach and his actions occur in slow motion.
- He later realized witnesses perceived the whole incident as only a few seconds.
Motorcyclist Felt He Was Rolling Forever
- A doctor who crashed his motorcycle felt he rolled forever and thought time slowed.
- He later estimated the event felt like fifteen seconds though it lasted under five.