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What we doThe clocks
Learn about our approach
The clocks
within us.
Our sense of time is remarkably flexible. The very same duration can feel different depending on what we are doing, experiencing or remembering.
At the Time Perception Lab, we use experiments and modelling to understand how the brain represents duration—and why the experience of time can differ so markedly from clock time.
OUR APPROACHTime isn't just measured.
Time isn't just measured.
It's experienced.
Our research
Areas of enquiry
From milliseconds to memories, our research explores timing across senses, tasks and contexts.
01 / COGNITION
Duration & the internal clock
How we estimate intervals, make temporal judgements and experience distortions of duration.
02 / INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Time & autism
A completed ESRC-funded investigation combining behavioural tasks with reports of lived experience.
03 / MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE
Sound, vision & music
Examining modality differences, repetitive stimulation and the temporal structure of experience.
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Research enquiries, collaborations and conversations about psychological time are welcome.