The best way it was described to me is to think of it like a movie.
Let’s say that under normal circumstances your brain is taking 60 snap shots, or frames, of what is happening every minute. When you are in high stress situations, your adrenaline starts pumping and your brain is now recording 120 frames every minute. Since you are used to experiencing life at 1 frame ever second, when you are given 2x the frames, your brain rationalizes it as being twice as long.
You can observe a similar effect by recording a movie at 120 frames per second, and then playing it at 60 frames per second, the movie will be playing at half speed and be in slow motion.
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The best way it was described to me is to think of it like a movie.
Let’s say that under normal circumstances your brain is taking 60 snap shots, or frames, of what is happening every minute. When you are in high stress situations, your adrenaline starts pumping and your brain is now recording 120 frames every minute. Since you are used to experiencing life at 1 frame ever second, when you are given 2x the frames, your brain rationalizes it as being twice as long.
You can observe a similar effect by recording a movie at 120 frames per second, and then playing it at 60 frames per second, the movie will be playing at half speed and be in slow motion.