Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception - Softcover

Claudia Hammond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847677916 ISBN 13: 9781847677914

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Time rules our lives, but how much do we really understand it? In "Time Warped" we meet the people willing to go to extreme lengths to find out. They travel to Costa Rica to find out if hummingbirds can sense the passage of time, they walk towards the edge of a stairwell blindfolded and one man spends two months in an ice cave in total darkness - all in an attempt to fathom the tricks time can play on our minds.

Drawing on the latest research from psychology, neuroscience and biology, award-winning BBC Radio4 presenter Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception. She shows us how to manage time more efficiently, why speeds up as you get older and, ultimately, how to use the warping of time to our own advantage.

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From the Back Cover

Why does life speed up as we get older? Why does the clock in your head sometimes move at a different speed from the one on the wall? Time rules our lives, but how much do we understand it? 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, the acclaimed writer and BBC broadcaster Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception. Along the way, she introduces us to an extraordinary array of characters willing to go to great lengths in the interests of research, including the French speleologist Michel Siffre, who spends two months in an ice cave in complete darkness.

Time Warped offers insight into 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 the Author

Claudia Hammond is a writer, broadcaster and psychology lecturer. She is the voice of psychology on BBC Radio 4 and presents All in the Mind and Mind Changers as well as the landmark series on the social history of mental health in the UK, State of Mind. She is the author of one previous book, Emotional Rollercoaster, and is also a part-time member of faculty at Boston University in London. Hammond won the British Psychological Society's Public Engagement and Media Award in 2012, given for making an outstanding contribution to raising the profile of psychology with the general public, and Mind's Making a Difference Award in 2011, given to those who set the agenda and initiate change in the field of mental health. She also lectures in psychology for Boston University. www.claudiahammond.com Follow the conversation on Twitter #TimeWarped

Edition details

• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847677916
• ISBN 13: 9781847677914
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352