How do people perceive time? This book presents a wealth of contemporary and classical research
including some of the history and philosophy of time perception. Influential internal
clock-based models of time perception receive an in-depth but non-technical introduction and
discussion. The role of cognition and emotion in perceiving time is also explored as well as
questions derived from time experience in daily life such as why time seems to pass more
quickly in one situation rather than another. Classical and modern research on timing in
children is reviewed as well as work on time perception and time experience in older people.
Leading recent models of animal timing are also discussed in a non-mathematical way.
