Study unravels how our brains track time

A UNLV research team explored how the brain tells time. Credit: Talha K. Soluoku/UNLV Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you’re having fun? A new study by a team of UNLV researchers suggests that there’s a lot of truth to the trope. Many people think of their brains as being intrinsically synced to the man-made clocks on their electronic devices, counting time in very specific, minute-by-minute increments. But a study, published in Current Biology, shows that our brains don’t work that way. By analyzing changes in brain activity patterns, the research team found that we perceive the Read More