I enjoyed this article about research conducted on how people perceive time. It put the old adage “time flies” to the test to understand how/why looking at certain types of images felt like you were staring at them longer than other images, even though all the images were shown for the same length of time.

It has to do, perhaps, with how the brain processes more memorable images. The brain “slows down time” so it can fully process the image, therefore making it seem like you were staring at it for longer. That makes sense.

However, if you get to the very last line of the article, you'll notice that the author completely buries the lede. Now I'm more curious than ever! MORE RESEARCH, PLEASE!