Here’s a nice article about the video game Super Hexagon, and how playing it seems to affect your perception of time.
I can attest to the same experience. It took me about a week to beat the game (the last level looks like this) and somehow my brain has learned to slow down everything on the screen. I can even control it consciously, make it look fast one second and slow the next. How the hell? No idea.
(Before you ask, I’m not one of those crazy fast gamers. I’m 33 and have never played fast games before. Also I’ve measured my reaction time and it’s slower than average.)
Can we learn to slow down time at other tasks, if we train them in a way that resembles Super Hexagon gameplay? Has anyone researched this?
Here’s a nice article about the video game Super Hexagon, and how playing it seems to affect your perception of time.
I can attest to the same experience. It took me about a week to beat the game (the last level looks like this) and somehow my brain has learned to slow down everything on the screen. I can even control it consciously, make it look fast one second and slow the next. How the hell? No idea.
(Before you ask, I’m not one of those crazy fast gamers. I’m 33 and have never played fast games before. Also I’ve measured my reaction time and it’s slower than average.)
Can we learn to slow down time at other tasks, if we train them in a way that resembles Super Hexagon gameplay? Has anyone researched this?