TED Radio Hour

How we experience time

October 23, 2026·49 min·5-min readnarrativescience
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The episode explores how humans perceive and experience time through art, neuroscience, music, and psychology, revealing that time is not just a fixed measurement but a deeply embodied, subjective, and malleable phenomenon shaped by the body, brain, and culture.


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Katie PatersonIrena ArslanovaRobert FranzPhilip Zimbardo

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