Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Why does time fly when you’re having fun but drag when you’re bored? Temporality, the subjective experience of time, comes from interactions between several regions across the brain. These regions can be tricked into different time perceptions by attention, emotions, and alcohol.

This video is from the 2020 Brain Awareness Video Contest.

Created by Tia Harland-Say