This is a very human thing linked to environmental perception. Cats and dogs, for example, do not appear to experience this at all. As a result humans have absolutely no concept of time of day without position of sun in the sky or a modern chronometer.
Dogs on the other hand tend to be aware of time of day down to about 5-15 minutes of accuracy, which is a performance feat humans cannot even dream of. Cats are even more accurate knowing of time of daily routines down to about 5 minutes of accuracy or even down to an astonishing 45 seconds of precision provided training and a more intelligent cat.
Interesting, though the OP is about the perception of time slowing down in momentary crisis situations. For example:
For example, a woman who reported a Tee in which she avoided a metal barrier falling on to her car told me how a “slowing down of the moment” allowed her to “decide how to escape the falling metal on us”.
This is a very human thing linked to environmental perception. Cats and dogs, for example, do not appear to experience this at all. As a result humans have absolutely no concept of time of day without position of sun in the sky or a modern chronometer.
Dogs on the other hand tend to be aware of time of day down to about 5-15 minutes of accuracy, which is a performance feat humans cannot even dream of. Cats are even more accurate knowing of time of daily routines down to about 5 minutes of accuracy or even down to an astonishing 45 seconds of precision provided training and a more intelligent cat.
Interesting, though the OP is about the perception of time slowing down in momentary crisis situations. For example:
For example, a woman who reported a Tee in which she avoided a metal barrier falling on to her car told me how a “slowing down of the moment” allowed her to “decide how to escape the falling metal on us”.
The obvious explanation is that cats are constantly tripping.