Is time just an illusion? We have more and more
evidence that this is the case. In order to
understand how our brains work,
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Action films often show dangerous events happening in slow
motion. This is taken from real life, since so many people who
have been in these types of situations report the sensation
of time slowing down, which gives them more "time" to take
defensive action against what is threatening them.
Another time illusion also comes from films, where wheels
appear to be turning backwards. This is known as the "wagon
wheel illusion" and occurs because the camera is actually
taking a sequence of snapshots of the wheel as it rotates,
which our brains fit together as motion. Neuroscientist Rufin
VanRullen thinks our brains may take snapshots of life and fit
them together, just like a camera does. In New Scientist,
Douglas Fox quotes Van Rullen as saying, "There's a
succession of 'on' periods and 'off' periods of perception.
Attention is collecting information through snapshots."
Since time is an essential part of how we view reality, a bad
internal clock may explains the delusions of schizophrenia,
meaning we might be able to find a cure. In New Scientist,
Fox quotes researcher David Eagleman as
saying, "Schizophrenic brains seem to be temporally inflexible.
They don't recalibrate.
"Time is much weirder than we think it is."
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