Why Does Time Feel Faster As You Get Older?
When you were a kid, a single summer felt endless. Now the years seem to vanish faster and faster. You're not imagining it - and it's not just because you're busy. This video breaks down why time feels faster as you get older: the proportional theory, how your brain records memories, the reminiscence bump, the holiday paradox, and the 2025 brain-scan study that finally watched it happen inside a living brain. Plus the one strange trick that can actually slow time back down. ⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 – The endless summers of childhood 00:28 – Proportional theory 01:48 – Why memory is the key 03:05 – The reminiscence bump 03:45 – The holiday paradox 04:43 – Your brain's processing speed 05:31 – The 2025 study that proved it 06:59 – A routine life is a short life 07:46 – How to slow time back down If you enjoyed this, you'll probably like our other videos on the strange science of being human. 💬 What topic or historical mystery should we sketch out next? Let me know in the comments! Business Mail: [email protected] #timeperception #whytimeflies #psychology #neuroscience #gettingolder 📖 Sources & Further Reading: 1. Proportional theory (the "20% vs 2%" idea) Paul Janet (1877) - Proportional theory of time perception William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Chapter XV "The Perception of Time" 2. Memory density / novelty encoding & the reminiscence bump J. Koppel & D. Rubin (2016) Recent Advances in Understanding the Reminiscence Bump: The Importance of Cues in Guiding Recall from Autobiographical Memory. 3. The holiday paradox Claudia Hammond, Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception (2012). 4. Processing-speed / "mental frames" theory Adrian Bejan (2019), "Why the Days Seem Shorter as We Get Older," published in European Review (Cambridge University Press). Duke University. 5. The 2025 brain-scan study S. Lugtmeijer et al. (2025). Temporal dedifferentiation of neural states with age during naturalistic viewing. Communications Biology. Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience. 6. Aristotle Aristotle, Physics, Book IV - Time and the perception of change.
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