HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article
Front. Comput. Neurosci.
Volume 19 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fncom.2025.1597914
Relativity 2.0: Perceptual Time
Provisionally accepted
- Western University, London, Canada
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This paper proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding time perception centered on information processing in the brain. We introduce the concept of "perceptual time" as distinct from inertial clock time and develop a model relating perceptual time experience to the brain's computational capacity and information processing rate. This framework explains phenomena like time dilation and compression during intense experiences in terms of neural information processing, potentially bridging perceptual time with physical theories of time.
Keywords: time, Perception, Computation, Information Processing, framework
Received: 21 Mar 2025; Accepted: 19 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Nick Wagter, Western University, London, Canada
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