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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Canongate Books

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781847677914

RRP: £8.99

PAGES: 352

PUBLICATION DATE:
May 2, 2013

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Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception

Claudia Hammond

This is the winner of the 2013 British Psychological Society’s Book Awards Popular Science category. Time rules our lives, but how much do we really understand it? In Time Warped, we meet the people willing to go to extreme lengths to find out. They travel to Costa Rica to find out if hummingbirds can sense the passage of time, they walk towards the edge of a stairwell blindfolded and one man spends two months in an ice cave in total darkness – all in an attempt to fathom the tricks time can play on our minds. Drawing on the latest research from psychology, neuroscience and biology, award-winning BBC Radio4 presenter Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception. She shows us how to manage time more efficiently, why it speeds up as you get older and, ultimately, how to use the warping of time to our own advantage.

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Claudia Hammond

Claudia Hammond is a writer, broadcaster and psychology lecturer. She is the voice of psychology on BBC Radio 4 where she is the presenter of All in the Mind and Mind Changers. She is the author of one previous book, Emotional Rollercoaster, and is also a part-time member of faculty at Boston University in London. Hammond won the British Psychological Society’s Public Engagement and Media Award in 2012, Mind’s Making a Difference Award in 2011, the Society of Personality and Social Psychology’s Media Achievement Award in 2012 and the Public Understanding of Neuroscience Award from the British Neuroscience Association in 2012. Time Warped won the 2013 British Psychological Society’s Book Awards Popular Science category. www.claudiahammond.com Follow @claudiahammond on Twitter