How the brain perceives time
New experiments explore how the timekeepers in our heads help us make sense of the world
CLOCKING IN To perceive time, the brain relies on internal clocks that precisely orchestrate movement, sensing, memories and learning.
Tang Yau Hoong
Everybody knows people who seem to bumble through life with no sense of time — they dither for hours on a “quick” e-mail or expect an hour’s drive to take 20 minutes.