Dr Cathy Montgomery - Time Flies When You’re Having Drugs: the Role of Emotion, Attention & Neurot

Human perception of time can expand or contract, often significantly distorting our subjective experience. This internal clock, which regulates how we measure time, is sensitive to various factors including emotions and attention, both of which become particularly relevant after the administration of drugs that alter consciousness. By applying psychological models of human timing, one can investigate how these substances effectively warp our temporal sensations. Investigations into this phenomenon show that subjective time passage is heavily influenced by cognitive state and emotional context. While standard time-keeping functions with high accuracy in many individuals, substances tested in limited data sets show that drug ingestion leads to varying subjective speed in how humans perceive the passage of time.