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Ep33 "Why do they start sprinters with a bang instead of a flash?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Temporal recalibration and the brain's use of circuitry for time and space

The computer reacts faster than you, making it seem like it answered first. Researchers conducted experiments showing that this recalibration of time perception can last. It is similar to the motion after effect. The brain may use the same mechanism for recalibrating time and space.

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