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In addition to spullara's Beck link, the "construal level theory" seemed to ring true to what you were describing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construal_leve
by matthewwiese 8y ago
In addition to spullara's Beck link, the "construal level theory" seemed to ring true to what you were describing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construal_level_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construal_level_theory
- andai 8y agoI recently heard that the same brain regions are involved in processing temporal and spatial distances.
- matthewwiese 8y agoIn my own anecdotal experience, this appears quite reasonable; oftentimes, especially in childhood, stretches of time as short as 1 week into the future would "feel" (i.e. encompass the same emotions/sensations) as knowing how far away my relatives in Canada were from me. The perception of time seriously befuddled my brain for years -- no matter that it still does to this day! If you happen to recall the outlets you read this at, I would be interested in learning more. Hopefully the article would have links to papers as well... perhaps including fMRI scans? Truly fascinating stuff.
- Izkata 8y ago> especially in childhood Think of time spans as "percentage of life lived so far", and a lot of that particular time stretching suddenly makes sense.
- matthewwiese 8y agoSure, but if science (especially neuroscience) were that simple then we'd have all the answers already. I'm more interested in quantifiable/demonstrable knowledge of this topic beyond a mere thought experiment.
- agumonkey 8y agowould make sense: space, environment, reality, decision, hope .. not unrelated IMO