Time Perception and Time Management during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

Our perception of time changes with age, but it also depends on our emotional state and physical conditions. It is not necessarily mental disorders that distort human's time perception, but threatening or dangerous situations, induced fear or sadness trigger psychological defensive mechanism that speeds up or slows down the rate of the internal clock. Fear distorted time is caused by higher (slower) pulse rate, increased (decreased) blood pressure and muscular contraction. The given research is aimed at improving our understanding of the mechanism that controls this sense, opening the way for new forms of time management. Our perception of time is dependent on our emotional state, temporal distortion caused by emotion is not the result of a malfunction in the internal biological clock, but, on the contrary, an illustration of its remarkable ability to adapt to events around us. Development of time sensitivity is very important for timing, time perception, time-management and procrastination problem solution.

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Our perception of time can change due to aging, emotional state, and physical conditions. It is not mental disorders but threatening or dangerous situations, fear, or sadness that can distort our perception of time. This distortion is caused by physiological responses such as increased heart rate, blood pressure, and muscular contraction. The research aims to improve our understanding of the mechanisms that control time perception and offers new possibilities for time management.