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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798180103321

Autore

Wittmann Marc

Titolo

Felt time : the psychology of how we perceive time / / Marc Wittmann ; translated by Erik Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-262-33387-2

0-262-33386-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

153.7/53

Soggetti

Time perception

Time - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Temporal shortsightedness: on being able to wait -- Looking for the rhythm of the brain -- In the moment: three seconds of presence -- Internal clocks: what we "need" time for -- Life, happiness, and the ultimate time limit -- Winning and losing time: the self and temporality -- Body time: how the sense of time arises.

Sommario/riassunto

An expert explores the riddle of subjective time, from why time speeds up as we grow older to the connection between time and consciousness.