The past and the future don't exist, but how long does the present last? The brain works like a clock. For children and young people (ages one to 17), the present lasts three seconds; for adults (ages 18 to 50), the present lasts two seconds; and for older people (ages 50 and over), the present lasts one second. This is why we feel that time flows faster as we age.
Due to our subjectivity, we cannot measure time with our brain alone. We can synchronize our brain by listening to the ticking or looking at the digits of the second hand on a clock.
The brain's reverberating circuits synchronize with the second. We perceive time as a continuous succession of instants.
What is presented in this article is a hypothesis about the duration of the now or present. This hypothesis is based on intuition and personal experience.
Elvs Sibilia, Florida, United States
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