Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception - Softcover

Hammond, Claudia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770892125 ISBN 13: 9781770892125

Publisher: House of Anansi Press, 2012

Synopsis

We are obsessed with time. However hard we might try, it is almost impossible to spend even one day without the marker of a clock. But how much do we understand about time, and is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it?

Drawing on the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, and using original research on the way memory shapes our understanding of time, acclaimed writer and broadcaster Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception. Along the way, she introduces us to an extraordinary array of colourful characters willing to go to great lengths in the interests of research, such as the French speleologist Michel, who spends two months in an ice cave in complete darkness.

Time Warped shows us how to manage our time more efficiently, speed time up and slow it down at will, plan for the future with more accuracy, and, ultimately, use the warping of time to our own advantage.

About this title

About the Author

Claudia Hammond is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and psychology lecturer. She is the author of Emotional Rollercoaster: A Journey through the Science of Feelings, which was published in six territories.

Edition details

• Publisher: House of Anansi Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1770892125
• ISBN 13: 9781770892125
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352