I once slipped on a flight of stairs and ended up breaking my tail bone when I landed very hard on a concrete step. I remember that the moment of being airborne, and it was ONLY a moment, as I only went down 1 or 2 steps, seemed to last a very long time--enough time for me to think to myself, Oh No! This is not good, something bad is going to happen. Perhaps this was that preparatory period of time!
In another case I was playing hockey and turned in a corner to chase someone who had gotten the puck out of the corner, and my body went, but my skate stayed planted. I tore all the ligaments in my knee. Another odd sensation then was the sensation that my body had stayed in place but my leg from the knee down had swung freely from its hinges. Then I crumpled in excruciating pain :( But I'll never forget that sensation of the leg from the knee down just swinging back and forth. Not quite the "time" aspect but certainly a distortion of sensation. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] Subject: When Time Slows Down (or "Bullet Time" in the "Matrix") From: Michael Palij <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:11:57 -0400 X-Message-Number: 8 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=20244 or send a blank email to leave-20244-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
