Do we often feel that time passes slowly when we are bored and it goes faster when we are enjoying ourselves? We usually take this for granted.
The words 'time flies' and waits for none may sound cliched, yet researchers were intrigued about the situations when we find time getting by with super speed and times when every minute may seem like an hour.
Do we often feel that time passes slowly when we are bored and it goes faster when we are enjoying ourselves? We usually take this for granted. When we are enjoying ourselves we usually tend to overestimate rather than underestimate the period of time that it lasted. Belgian experts say that our memory strengthens if we are actively involved in something, especially if it is a source of excitement. 
Monkey Teeth Enables an Idea of the Time When Neanderthal Baby was Weaned
Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned.
Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned.
To offer a rationale, researchers said, 'Feeling more aroused during a ride was associated with longer estimates of the ride's duration. As it has been shown that arousal leads to memory enhancement, more information is likely to be encoded during a highly arousing event, leading to greater availability of information at the moment of estimation.'
49 Billion Hours Spent at Work by Brits
A record-breaking 49.4 billion hours were spent at work by the people in Britain last year
A record-breaking 49.4 billion hours were spent at work by the people in Britain last year
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Too much of television or playing video games can ruin your child's eyes, reveals recent study.
Too much of television or playing video games can ruin your child's eyes, reveals recent study.
