Timing of Awe

In his book When (Riverhead Books, 2018) Daniel H. Pink writes, “I believe that timing is everything. . . . The experience of awe changes our perception of time. When we experience awe, time slows down. It expands. We feel like we have more of it. And that sensation lifts our well-being.” He quotes researchers Rudd, Vohs, and Aaker in Psychological Science 23 No. 10 (2012): “Experiences of awe bring people into the present moment, and being in the present moment underlies awe’s capacity to adjust time perception.”

Read more about time at Time perception