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Does Time Slow Down In A Crisis?
psychcentral.com — In the popular movie, The Matrix, hero Neo wins his battles when time slows in the simulated world. In the real world, accident victims often report a similar slowing as they slide unavoidably into disaster. But can humans really experience events in slow motion?
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- ColorBlind, on 12/13/2007, -0/+2"Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live”
-Albert Einstein - natdowner, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1I do wonder though, if somehow the results aren't totally accurate when the people you're studying know that the 'accident' or moment of crisis their experiencing really won't bring any harm? I agree that time doesn't actually slow down, but I still wonder the differences the study might have if the subjects we're truly in moments of crisis without knowing the outcome.
- favefive, on 12/31/2007, -0/+0It does seem slow especially when help is out of sight and fear is overcoming the person.
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