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Nov 2, 2026 12 min

How Your Brain Makes Time Pass Fast or Slow

from Be Smart. Hosted by Joe Hanson

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Uploaded 01-09-20We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Time passes for all of us at the same rate of one second per second. But why does it sometimes feel like time is passing so fast, or so slowly? Especially during COVID? Let’s learn about how our brains keep track of and try to make sense of time, and how they get fooled.Watch our previous video about masks: https://youtu.be/0Tp0zB904Mc Our entire COVID-19 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsmqeqKj7M-pvu23aAUn6gtvDZAymnZ0KReferences: https://sites.google.com/view/how-perceive-time-references/homeSpecial thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons:AlecZeroAmory SilvaAmy SowadaBaerbel WinklerBenjamin TeinbyDenzel HolmesDiego LombeidaDustinEric MeerGeorge GladdingJay StephensKaren HaskellMarcus TuepkerMegan K BradshawPeter EhrnstromRobert YoungSalih ArslanVincbisZenimalJoin us on Patreon!

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