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The new season of Brain Games starts Sunday, February 14th at 9/8c – http://po.st/90S7Ow
Brain Games is an Emmy-nominated TV series that explores the inner workings of the human mind through experiments and interactive games. Did you know it’s estimated that you have more than a dozen senses in addition to the standard five? One of those is a sense of time or chronoception. Tune in to the new season of Brain Games to learn about all of your senses, and more, starting Sunday, February 14 at 9/8c
References:
Ageing and duration judgement:
http://bit.ly/1TRN0cr
Nerve conduction velocity slowing with age:
http://bit.ly/23Wq6oE
Experiments with rats suggest time perception is distributed across brain:
http://bit.ly/1T6IjdO
Time perception with repeated stimuli:
http://bit.ly/1TRNbo5
Energy usage in brain with age:
http://bit.ly/1nXliOU
Time perception in moments of fear / danger:
http://bit.ly/1RoK7Ps
http://1.usa.gov/1TRNa3w
http://bit.ly/1Q8tDvW
Attention’s relation to time perception and recollection of perceived time:
http://bit.ly/20odeD8
http://bit.ly/1TRNfEf