Commencing in 2023, the ‘IAAR Seminar’ introduces the latest research efforts of Chiba University researchers, fostering profound insights. In the latest session, Professor Makoto Ichikawa from the Graduate School of Humanities delved into the captivating question: “Does the flow of psychological time slow down in moments of surprise? Subsequently, a psychophysical examination of ‘Tachypsychia’ unfolded. ‘Tachypsychia,’ also referred to as ‘slow-motion perception,’ manifests as a phenomenon where time perception undergoes fluctuations driven by our emotions. Typically, humans lack a sensory organ capable of measuring time as accurately as a clock. Then, how is time perceived and processed in human beings? Guided by Professor Ichikawa, who serves as the president of the Japanese Society for Time Studies and employs experimental methods to explore human perceptual-cognitive processes and sensibility characteristics, participants were enticed into a mysterious world. Two types of time: time in the world of ‘Objects’ and time in the world of the ‘Mind.’ The term’ time’ has two realms: the … Continue reading The Enigma of Time Perception: The Psychological Time Warp of ‘Tachypsychia’