專家表示 新事物會讓你感覺時間變長

If you feel like your bank holiday weekend whizzed by, there is a simple trick to try which might make the next one seem a little longer.

如果你覺得你的銀行假日嗖的一下就過完了，那麼這裏有一個小技巧，可能會讓你下一個假期看起來能長一點兒。

Experiencing new things makes us think that time has lasted longer than it really did, according to a brain specialist.

據一名大腦專家表示，經歷新事物的時候我們會覺得時間要比真實情況更長一些。

Neuroscientist David Eagleman, a professor at Stanford University, said that novel experiences like a new place or new activity make it seem like time is stretching out.

斯坦福大學教授、神經學家大衛·依格曼表示，新地方和新活動等新的經歷似乎可以把時間拉長。

Getting away for the weekend seems longer than spending time at home and exploring a new neighbourhood feels like it takes more time than staying indoors, he said.

據他表示，和宅在家相比，週末出去玩的話時間似乎更長一些，而探索一個新小區似乎要比待在室內耗費更多時間。

Even a weekend holed up inside with a good book - so long as it is a new one - will seem like you have been mentally away for longer than you have.

即使週末你只是沉浸在一本好書裏（只要這本書是新的），從心理上講你的時間似乎就比以前更長一些。

Professor Eagleman said that the phenomenon exists because the the brain is more focused on collecting unfamiliar information into a memory.

依格曼教授表示，這種現象的確存在，因爲大腦更專注於收集陌生的信息到記憶中。

Speaking to science blog Science of Us, he said: 'When you go and experience something novel, it seems to have lasted longer.

他在科學博客《我們的科學》上表示：“當你體驗一些新事物的時候，時間似乎變長了。”

He said: 'It's why time seems to fly by so much faster as an adult then it did when you were young. When you're a kid, everything is novel and you're laying down new memories about it.'

他說道：“這就是爲什麼和年輕時候相比，成年人的時間過得飛快。當你還是個孩子的時候，一切事物對你而言都是新的，隨時隨地你都在錄入新的記憶。”