Scientists have come up with a theory for why time flies when you are having fun - and drags when you are bored.
科学家们提出理论依据,解释为什么当你玩得开心的时候,时间总是过得飞快,而当你无聊的时侯,时间却过得特别慢。
Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain change depending on how we focus on a task.
通过扫描发现,大脑活动的方式随着我们对事情的关注程度发生变化。
Concentrating on time passing, as we do when bored, will trigger brain activity which will make it seem as though the clock is ticking more slowly.
我们在无聊的时候,往往把注意力集中在时间的流逝上,这样会使大脑活动产生错觉,总觉得时钟似乎走得更慢。