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What you wrote has no basis in reality whatsoever. In fact, nerve conduction is slower in children than adults due to underdeveloped myelination.
by layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
What you wrote has no basis in reality whatsoever. In fact, nerve conduction is slower in children than adults due to underdeveloped myelination.
- whatshisface 6y agoFurthermore, "constrained by physics" would imply the speed of light, which is so much faster than nerve conduction...
- hypertele-Xii 6y agoThere are other constraints in physics than the speed of light.
- shadowofneptune 6y agoFrom what I remember from development 101, there are also more possible synaptic connections in early childhood, and these get pruned down over time. This would also reduce the amount signals travel.
- strbean 6y agoMy flippant guess would be that time perception changing with age would be related to the NMDA receptor. NMDA receptor function decreases with age[0]. My personal anecdotal experience with NMDAR antagonists is that it feels like the `Turbo` mode on old IBM compatibles[1] -- i.e. downclocking. And the slower you process, the faster the world seems to move around you. [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181613/ [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
- User23 6y agoMy even more flippant guess would be that adults drink more alcohol than children.