"In Time Warped, Claudia Hammond, a British radio journalist and psychology lecturer, delves into scores of experiments on how we track the seconds, hours, months and decades. At each duration she finds distortions and paradoxes, revealing the persistent 'capriciousness, strangeness and mutability' of time as we sense it.Ms. Hammond has a steady touch in conveying the research, adding user-friendly charm even to exhaustive descriptions of the mechanics of boredom. A chapter on visualization is particularly intriguing, as she brings us inside the mind of a comedian who sees time as 'a spiral going infinitely out ahead of me and slightly upward into the future'--a cross between a calendar and a Slinky." - Jascha Hoffman, New York Times "In Time Warped, Claudia Hammond. has a steady touch in conveying the research, adding user-friendly charm even to exhaustive descriptions of the mechanics of boredom. A chapter on visualization is particularly intriguing.

" - Jascha Hoffman, New York Times ".a fascinating foray into the idea that our experience of time is actively created by our own minds and how these sensations of what neuroscientists and psychologists call "mind time" are created." - Maria Popova, BrainPickings "This is an ideal read for those looking for science-based theories of time perception without the scientific jargon, and will appeal to readers with a curiosity about the role of time in their everyday lives. Hammond suggests time perception is altered among individuals with depression or ADHD; this insight also makes the book valuable for psychologists and counselors. Managers or professionals concerned with time management will also benefit. VERDICT Despite the common belief that time moves at a constant pace, Hammond demonstrates how life's circumstances can make minutes seem an eternity and decades the blink of an eye." - Library Journal "This is an ideal read for those looking for science-based theories of time perception without the scientific jargon. Despite the common belief that time moves at a constant pace, Hammond demonstrates how life's circumstances can make minutes seem an eternity and decades the blink of an eye.

" - Library Journal "A well-researched meditation on how we see the future. There's one great question of time, one which of course this book cannot answer, but on which it gives a great deal of much-needed perspective: 'How much do I have left?' " - Slate "Hammond seamlessly blends interviews, anecdotes and some particularly wacky science experiments to show us how time works on us. Hammond has written a fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time." - Financial Times "Hammond weaves a beautifully constructed story out of the puzzles that preoccupy us about the way we experience time, and the cutting-edge science that tries to make sense of it. You will find time racing by as you get absorbed in its pages." - Mail on Sunday "This lively introduction to the psychology of time perception is an intriguing take on the fluidity of reality." - Publishers Weekly.