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Summer’s Over Already? Your Mind Tricked You, Again.
Research shows how your brain shapes the experience — and distortion — of time.
Time to pack it up.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergCan it really be Labor Day weekend already? It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the start of summer, with autumn still months away in our minds. So, why does it feel like time is moving faster than it used to?
Scientists may be getting closer to an answer. A team of researchers recently identified a mechanism within the brain that seems to organize how we perceive and remember the passage of time.