编辑“時間知覺”（章节）

====恐惧====
一个人面临危险或者交配时出现的时间错觉可能与奇球效应有关。比如在蹦极或跳伞时时间似乎变慢<ref name="just" />。人在出乎意外地觉察到周围有捕猎者或者交配对象时时间似乎也变慢。这个时间变慢的知觉可能有进化优点因为它可能能够使人在这个关键生存时刻迅速做出决定。但是虽然普遍有人报道在这些情况下时间似乎变慢，其原理是因为时间分辨率在这些情况下提高，还是因为它是在这样的感情情况下产生的错觉。

在危险情况下时间放慢似乎是一个回顾时的现象。在自由跌落和恐惧情况下做的知觉能力测试和对闪光刺激的敏感度做的试验证明在这些情况下人的时间知觉并没有提高。但是试验者对恐惧情况的记忆比平常紧凑，因此在记忆里这样的情况似乎比平常长<ref name="pmid18074019">{{cite journal | vauthors = Stetson C, Fiesta MP, Eagleman DM | title = Does time really slow down during a frightening event? | journal = PloS One | volume = 2 | issue = 12 | pages = e1295 | date = December 2007 | pmid = 18074019 | pmc = 2110887 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0001295 }}</ref>。

观看恐怖电影的人在看完后往往把视觉刺激的持续时间估计的比较长，观看悲伤电影或者气象预报、股市报道等没有感情的影片的人没有这样的反应。一些学者认为恐怖会刺激[[杏仁核]]，因此提高“体内鐘”的速度。这可能是进化对危险情况造成的一种防御反应<ref name="pmid21886610">{{cite journal | vauthors = Droit-Volet S, Fayolle SL, Gil S | title = Emotion and time perception: effects of film-induced mood | journal = Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience | volume = 5 | issue =  | pages = 33 | year = 2011 | pmid = 21886610 | pmc = 3152725 | doi = 10.3389/fnint.2011.00033 }}</ref>。

三岁的幼童在危险情况下也会把时间感知變长<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/01/psychology-time-perception-awareness-research |title= A stopwatch on the brain's perception of time |last1= Gozlan |first1= Marc |date= 2 Jan 2013 |website= theguardian.com |publisher= Guardian News and Media Limited |accessdate= 4 January 2014 |name-list-format= vanc |archive-date= 2014-01-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205501/http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/01/psychology-time-perception-awareness-research |dead-url= no }}</ref><ref name="pmid19073237">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gil S, Droit-Volet S | title = Time perception, depression and sadness | journal = Behavioural Processes | volume = 80 | issue = 2 | pages = 169–76 | date = February 2009 | pmid = 19073237 | doi = 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.012 | url = http://cerca.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/IMG/pdf_BP09-GilColl.pdf | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140104031908/http://cerca.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/IMG/pdf_BP09-GilColl.pdf | archivedate = 2014-01-04 }}</ref>。