The neurobiology of time: Why life moves faster under stress and how to slow it down.

When you look back on early chapters of life (raising young children, building a career, or navigating your twenties) the overwhelming feeling is almost always how fast it all moved. Parents often look back on their children's younger years with mixed emotions: immense pride and joy, but also a quiet wish that they had slowed down to watch one more cartoon or sit through one more game, even when exhausted or busy.