We are Time: time perception and human brain

We are Time: time perception and human brain

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1K Video Views·Aug 5, 2025

This episode is dedicated to neuroscience of time perception. Dr. Wittmann tells how people sence (percieve) time, which brain structures are involved in this process and which factors may disturb it. We discussed how altered states of mind affect the subjective time, which protocols scientists use to study time perception, how to manage time, how schizophrenia changes the human mind and time perception. Also, Dr. Wittmann talks about experimental methods in psychiatry like a floatation tank and psychedelics, and many interesting things more.

I added some references and images on the topics we have discussed. Thanks for this advise in your comments to the first episode.
I added a picture of the brain with regions involved in memory processing. This is in a brief from, different types of memory exsist and in reality the picture is more complicated. I will make several episodes about memory and learning. But take this image as a start point. ;)

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00:00:00 Introducing Dr. Wittmann
00:03:27 Falling in Love with Time?
00:06:00 Interacting through Time
00:09:22 Brain Areas: Time Perception and Memory
00:14:51 Emotion, Attention and Time Perception
00:17:20 Time Perception in Pathologies
00:23:33 Personality Traits and Time Perception
00:28:02 Altered States: Meditation, Flow, Flotation Tanks
00:37:18 Psychedelics
00:38:43 Meditation and Mindfulness
00:41:05 How to Tame the Narrative Self
00:42:17 Indications and Contraindications
00:49:08 Schizophrenia and Segmented Time Sense
00:51:53 Ageing and Time Perception