Time perception and heartbeat

DMZ – LIFE ¦ Patricia Jungo ¦ We all know it: Sometimes time flies and then it just seems to stand still. Our perception of time is subject to great fluctuations and perhaps this is dependent on our heartbeat. Responsible for this could be blood pressure sensors in the vessel walls, which send signals to the brain and make the time either shortened or extended. Experts around Irena Arslanova from the University of London have dealt with the ques…