Moment of Um
Moment of Um
American Public Media
Why does time fly when you're having fun?
4 minutes Posted Jun 27, 2024 at 8:00 am.
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Have you ever experienced the term "time flies when you’re having fun"? It’s an unfortunate reality of life that time seems to crawl by when we’re waiting for something to happen, and go too fast when we’re having a blast. We asked Ruth Ogden, a psychologist at John Moores University, why this happens.


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