Scientists have found that our sense of how quickly time passes is partly due to changes in
The researchers asked 67 people to completenormal daytime activities by wearing sensors that measured how their sympathetic nervous system behaved. People wore a heart rate monitor as well as a sensor that measured minute changes in skin conductance caused by the activity of the sweat glands.
Participants were asked to report hourly how muchquickly or slowly, according to their feelings, the last 60 minutes have passed. The researchers then analyzed the participants' biological data along with their subjective reports.
The scientists saw that when people experienced a significant increase in heart rate or skin conductance, time seemed to flow 10% faster.