What really happens in the brain when time seems to slow down? Here's one compelling explanation from Allthetimebook
How we show up for a situation in our minds affects our physical experience of the world.
Reports of slowed-down time resemble what some call “flow” or “the zone,” characterized by deep concentration and highly efficient performance.Does how we show up for a situation in our minds affect our physical experience of the world—in particular, our experience of time? Just about anyone with a clinical background would say that unusual and unexplainable experiences are in our heads and they’re not real.
As Jim describes it, from that moment, time slowed down. By the time he pulled out his gun, time had come to a complete standstill. Pulling the trigger, he felt the unmistakable sensation of slowness. The gun was firing bullets in slow motion as empty casings ejected, also in slow motion. He could feel his right arm and shoulder moving back and forth in slow motion with the kick of the firing gun.
As a longtime follower of the research on how we experience time, and author of a book about it, I disagree. The brain on fear is different from the brain on slowed-down time. Some research suggests that fear begins in the brain and spreads through the body, signaling radical adjustments for defending itself, often called the fight-or-flight reaction.
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