⏰ Why Time Speeds Up as You Get Older | StarTalk Plus
Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, interviews neuroscientist David Eagleman about why time appears to slow during frightening experiences and accelerate as we grow older.
Eagleman explains that time distortion is largely a memory illusion: fear and novelty produce denser memories, making an experience feel longer when recalled.
From ‘How The Brain Perceives Time, with David Eagleman’: 
• How The Brain Perceives Time, with David E…
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