Is there any animal or plant or anything that shows that it has a different perception of time than us? Or is it just argued that animals that move faster or slower still experience time passing the same, they just process it faster?
2007-03-28 03:41:26 · 6 answers · asked by Luis 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Actually you and I perceive time differently depending on how quickly we are moving. It's all relative. For example, if you were to fly across the US in a plane, you step off of it a quinzillionth of second younger than the people you left behind. (From Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything") So therefore every creature on earth is perceiving time in it's own way, it is not a matter of species.
2007-03-28 04:34:22 · answer #1 · answered by ByrdChicago 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kids and adults perceive time differently. Just think back to those summers that seemed to last forever, and look at how fast they go by now. And then there's the kid in the back seat asking "are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
I think time perception is relative to how much of it you've experienced so far, so it stands to reason that animals with various life spans (and attention spans, if any - some simply live in the "eternal now") would perceive it differently.
2007-03-28 10:57:17 · answer #2 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great question that I don't have an answer for. I've always wondered if an aging dog somehow thinks "its been a good long life"
I'm guessing here, but we all have days that seem like two days in one. so, I would assume that a different species percieves this much different. also, being in a different geographical region could have something to do with it. i'd think 2 years in prison would seem like a longer time than 2 years in hawaii.
2007-03-28 10:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Perception" implies self-awareness, a higher brain function that may be present only in humans and possible a few other animals.
The knowledge of another being's perception depends upon that being's ability to communicate the concept, which pretty much limits it to humans at this point.
2007-03-28 10:55:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never seed any animal other than that of the human race wear a watch.
2007-03-28 11:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every liveing thing has its own time perception.
2007-03-28 10:53:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋