Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event?

Chess Stetson; Matthew P. Fiesta; David M. Eagleman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001295

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Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event?

Chess Stetson,

Affiliations California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Matthew P. Fiesta,

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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David M. Eagleman

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: eagleman@bcm.edu

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event?

Chess Stetson,
Matthew P. Fiesta,
David M. Eagleman

Published: December 12, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001295

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Testing Validity?

Posted by Frank3006 on 23 Jun 2014 at 16:30 GMT

The testing reported by Dr Eagleman is based on having the test subject undergo a planned frightening event. Hence, the brain is able to both anticipate and compensate. In an actual 'time shift' situation, the event is not only frightening but, more important, unexpected. Is it possible that it is this unexpectedness that is the key element that cause brain functions to shift into a hyper evaluation mode?

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