Some new research appears to show that people engaged in sports or, more generally, "action preparation" experience a temporal illusion known as "time dilation" where everything seems to slow down. The popular media has picked up on this research and one such source is the following: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19477623
The original research is available for free online at: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/09/04/rspb.2012.1339.full.pdf+html Now, there are five experiments being reported and though I've skimmed them, each will require a more careful reading and analysis before one might one want to accept the following conclusion: |We propose that the temporal dilation during action preparation |reflects the function of the brain to maximize the capacity of |sensory information-acquisition prior to execution of a ballistic |movement. This strategy might facilitate changing or inhibiting |the planned action in response to last-minute changes in the |external environment. In the meantiem, play ball! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=20227 or send a blank email to leave-20227-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
