Does your heartbeat shape your sense of time? | Irena Arslanova

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Do you ever feel like time slows down when you’re bored but flies when you’re having fun? Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova explores the ways your brain and heart shape your perception of time, revealing how your heartbeat doesn’t just keep you alive — it also influences whether moments feel fleeting or stretched.

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0:53.1	I'm your host, Elise Hugh. Time seems so elastic.
0:58.6	It flies when we're having fun. It slows when we're bored or miserable. How does this work?
1:04.9	Cognitive neuroscientist Irina Arslanova studies the ways our brains experience and perceive time. In her 2024 talk,
1:14.7	she shares new findings about time's impact on not just our brains, but our bodies and what they
1:19.8	have to teach us about how to live better after the break. I am a cognitive neuroscientist,
1:28.3	and I'm trying to understand how we perceive time,
1:33.3	and how our perception of time arises from the workings of our brain.
1:39.3	Why? Why do I want to understand that?
1:43.3	Well, time is the ultimate master of our lives.
1:48.7	We are all constantly faced with its fleeting nature.
1:53.2	Yet, how we feel the passing of time can be highly malleable.
1:59.8	When we are bored, in pain, but also when we encounter something novel or extraordinary,
2:06.3	time feels to be passing much slower than when we are busy or simply having fun.
2:14.1	But what does it mean to feel time?
2:18.5	And why does the feeling of time distort,
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