How Your Brain Perceives Time (And How To Use It To Your Advantage)

1.0Lifehacker Australiahttps://www.lifehacker.com.aulifehackerinternationalhttps://www.lifehacker.com.au/author/lifehackerinternational/How Your Brain Perceives Time (And How To Use It To Your Advantage)rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3RMRtNrJxe"><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/06/how-your-brain-perceives-time-and-how-to-use-it-to-your-advantage/">How Your Brain Perceives Time (And How To Use It To Your Advantage)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/06/how-your-brain-perceives-time-and-how-to-use-it-to-your-advantage/embed/#?secret=3RMRtNrJxe" width="600" height="338" title="“How Your Brain Perceives Time (And How To Use It To Your Advantage)” — Lifehacker Australia" data-secret="3RMRtNrJxe" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.lifehacker.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/13/18qlktgt8qh6jjpg.jpg?quality=751280720We might not be able to create more time when we need it most — like when a deadline is approaching — but we can use the understanding of how we perceive time to our advantage. For example, author Joshua Foer thinks it might be possible to make it seem like we live longer by […]