Visual processing acceleration: Difference between revisions

<onlyinclude>'''Visual Processing Acceleration''' increases the speed at which a person can perceive and interpret rapidly occurring events. It is most commonly experienced during events which are felt to be either dangerous, intense, or highly novel.<ref>Time Really Does Seem to Slow Down for Athletes (Gizmodo) | https://gizmodo.com/5940562/time-really-does-seem-to-slow-down-for-athletes</ref><ref name="WittmannLeland2007">{{cite journal|last1=Wittmann|first1=Marc|last2=Leland|first2=David S.|last3=Churan|first3=Jan|last4=Paulus|first4=Martin P.|title=Impaired time perception and motor timing in stimulant-dependent subjects|journal=Drug and Alcohol Dependence|volume=90|issue=2-3|year=2007|pages=183–192|issn=03768716|doi=10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.03.005}}</ref><ref name="Arstila2012">{{cite journal|last1=Arstila|first1=Valtteri|title=Time Slows Down during Accidents|journal=Frontiers in Psychology|volume=3|year=2012|issn=1664-1078|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00196}}</ref><ref name="BurrStetson2007">{{cite journal|last1=Burr|first1=David|last2=Stetson|first2=Chess|last3=Fiesta|first3=Matthew P.|last4=Eagleman|first4=David M.|title=Does Time Really Slow Down during a Frightening Event?|journal=PLoS ONE|volume=2|issue=12|year=2007|pages=e1295|issn=1932-6203|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0001295}}</ref> The effect gives the appearance that the external environment is being viewed in slow motion and that brief moments of time have been "stretched out". For example, fast moving objects such as birds, insects, and cars may begin to present themselves as clearly viewable instead of as fleeting blurs of motion, as they may during every day sobriety.