Imagine you're playing with toys. Time feels slow because you're excited about every new moment. But when you're older and doing the same thing, it feels fast, like a slide you've used many times before. Time perception changes as we age because our brain gets used to things.
Examples
- A child playing for the first time thinks it lasted an hour
- An adult who has played the same game every day thinks it only took a few minutes
- A kid’s birthday party feels like forever, but a parent's birthday feels quick
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See also
- Why Does Time Feel Faster as We Age?
- Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age?
- Why Do People Get Lost in Their Own Homes?
- How does time perception depend on the amount of change we notice?
- How do we experience time? - Matt Danzico?