If you feel like your bank holiday weekend whizzed by, there is a simple trick to try which might make the next one seem a little longer.
如果你觉得你的银行假日嗖的一下就过完了,那么这里有一个小技巧,可能会让你下一个假期看起来能长一点儿。Experiencing new things makes us think that time has lasted longer than it really did, according to a brain specialist.
据一名大脑专家表示,经历新事物的时候我们会觉得时间要比真实情况更长一些。Neuroscientist David Eagleman, a professor at Stanford University, said that novel experiences like a new place or new activity make it seem like time is stretching out.
斯坦福大学教授、神经学家大卫·依格曼表示,新地方和新活动等新的经历似乎可以把时间拉长。
Getting away for the weekend seems longer than spending time at home and exploring a new neighbourhood feels like it takes more time than staying indoors, he said.
据他表示,和宅在家相比,周末出去玩的话时间似乎更长一些,而探索一个新小区似乎要比待在室内耗费更多时间。Even a weekend holed up inside with a good book - so long as it is a new one - will seem like you have been mentally away for longer than you have.
即使周末你只是沉浸在一本好书里(只要这本书是新的),从心理上讲你的时间似乎就比以前更长一些。Professor Eagleman said that the phenomenon exists because the the brain is more focused on collecting unfamiliar information into a memory.
依格曼教授表示,这种现象的确存在,因为大脑更专注于收集陌生的信息到记忆中。Speaking to science blog Science of Us, he said: 'When you go and experience something novel, it seems to have lasted longer.
他在科学博客《我们的科学》上表示:“当你体验一些新事物的时候,时间似乎变长了。”He said: 'It's why time seems to fly by so much faster as an adult then it did when you were young. When you're a kid, everything is novel and you're laying down new memories about it.'
他说道:“这就是为什么和年轻时候相比,成年人的时间过得飞快。当你还是个孩子的时候,一切事物对你而言都是新的,随时随地你都在录入新的记忆。”