To Bob: What was your Hobie's sail number? (It indicates age). There's one near here, a Hobie 14, that's # 24. BTW, I, too experienced a time base expansion (as I termed it) a few years ago when I witnessed a bad car accident. on the freeway. Actually I guess it was ~ 20 yrs ago. Anyway, I wanted to study the phenomenon in the laboratory, but couldn't devise a way the (ethically) induce the level of fear that I guess contributed to the perceived slowing down. I did ask a large sample next of rallycar drivers (very high speeds along tree-lined dirt roads in state forests seems to produce large amounts of fear at 120+ mph when one takes a little trip off the road into the trees.) The top drivers experienced the "slowdown" several times fduring a racing sason they said. As you brought up, the distortion appears to have survival value, something like "time to think."
Hope all's well with you. David Hogberg On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Dr. Bob Wildblood <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to chip in one of my experiences. I used to sail Hobi Cats and when I was > first learning how to sail them correctly, I decided to take up the challenge > of > another Hobi owner and race (we were in the Chesapeake Bay, jut for the sake > of context). We had a good breeze and were moving along at a good clip > when I shifted my weight too much forward and submarined one of the > pontoons. I'm sure that from the time that this event started until the time > the boat capsized and I hit the water was about 5 seconds; however, I > remember having what seemed to be a long conversation with myself about > what was happening, was I going to be hit by one of the pontoons or the > mast, was I going to be able to right the boat if I survived, and what my wife > was going to do if I drowned. Obviously, I didn't drown and did survive the > incident; however, have never gotten over my love of Hobis. By the way, this > was way back in the mid 70's and the only Hobi available then was a 12 > footer. > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 16:04:34 +0000 >>From: Annette Taylor <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE:[tips] When Time Slows Down (or "Bullet Time" in the "Matrix") >>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> >> >>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.201 > 2.1339.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=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=20244 >>or send a blank email to leave-20244- > [email protected] > > . > Robert W. Wildblood, PhD > Adjunct Psychology Faculty > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c7628e&n=T&l=tips&o=20245 > or send a blank email to > leave-20245-13152.d92d7ec47187a662aacda2d4b4c76...@fsulist.frostburg.edu -- David K. Hogberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Department of Psychological Science Albion College Albion MI 49224 Tel: 517/629-4834 (Home and mobile) --- 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=20246 or send a blank email to leave-20246-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
