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'Time Cells' Discovered in Human Brains

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Re: 'Time Cells' Discovered in Human Brains

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Post by basicplus2 »

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #18
basicplus2 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those who this does not work.. Try tapping your forehead with forefinger while counting up to the time you want to wake up just before you close your eyes to go to sleep.. eg to wake at 6am... tap six times while saying "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6" Repeat 2 times, (3 times in total)

There’s a term / name for this method. Emotional freedom technique (EFT)?

I had never heard of this..

Seems it is for relieving emotional stress but i had only used it specifically to wake up at a specific time.

https://www.healthline.com/health/eft-tapping

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Post by boomboomsubban »

rtx wrote: post #14
yesenadam wrote: post #8

I guess this is a different thing, but... When I was a kid I read a book that said if before you go to sleep you think "I will wake up at Xam" (whatever time you want) then you wake up at exactly that time. Which is pretty weird! We can't do that when we're awake. It actually works, and I've never needed an alarm clock. For a few ultra-important days I used one, like catching a plane, but I was always awake before it…

Yup, have experienced it personally. I usually wake up few mins before the alarm goes off. Though not proven through science you know something is there. Another thing I would like to add is that scientific community should be more open to test conventional wisdom.

Why do you think science has not researched this and found it largely to be true? Here's one article on the subject

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10870...

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Post by mbStavola »

yesenadam wrote: post #8

I guess this is a different thing, but... When I was a kid I read a book that said if before you go to sleep you think "I will wake up at Xam" (whatever time you want) then you wake up at exactly that time. Which is pretty weird! We can't do that when we're awake. It actually works, and I've never needed an alarm clock. For a few ultra-important days I used one, like catching a plane, but I was always awake before it…

There is definitely something to this.

A similar phenomenon occurs on public transit-- waking up at (or just before) your stop. I found that if I've taken the trip at least once, I can wake up pretty much exactly when I need to. Nearly every other frequent commuter I've discussed this with has a similar experience.

I used to believe it was related to subtle audio/visual cues while unconscious, but it might just be a function of a sense of time.

Re: 'Time Cells' Discovered in Human Brains

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Post by rtx »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #23
rtx wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, have experienced it personally. I usually wake up few mins before the alarm goes off. Though not proven through science you know something is there. Another thing I would like to add is that scientific community should be more open to test conventional wisdom.

Why do you think science has not researched this and found it largely to be true? Here's one article on the subject https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10870...

They have, and thats how its confirmed. My comment is more around the social or cultural wisdom being mocked or ignored. I understand where it started from or why it was necessary, but the pendulum has sung too far.

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Post by yesenadam »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #23
rtx wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, have experienced it personally. I usually wake up few mins before the alarm goes off. Though not proven through science you know something is there. Another thing I would like to add is that scientific community should be more open to test conventional wisdom.

Why do you think science has not researched this and found it largely to be true? Here's one article on the subject https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10870...

Thank you! PDF here https://www.academia.edu/download/44704857/Awakening_from_sl...

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Post by kalado »

Tarq0n wrote: post #12
jchw wrote: post #7

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I don’t think so. If you don’t have any memories that are visual at all , you probably just have aphantasia.

I was under the impression that aphantasia had to do with a general lack of visualizing ability / visual imagination.

Aphantasia and SDAM (Severely deficient autobiographical memory) often go hand in hand.

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Post by andai »

yesenadam wrote: post #8

I guess this is a different thing, but... When I was a kid I read a book that said if before you go to sleep you think "I will wake up at Xam" (whatever time you want) then you wake up at exactly that time. Which is pretty weird! We can't do that when we're awake. It actually works, and I've never needed an alarm clock. For a few ultra-important days I used one, like catching a plane, but I was always awake before it…

> We can't do that when we're awake

I started using a timer about ten years ago for mundane tasks (getting done a chunk of unpleasant work, or for cooking) and these days I'll get up from my desk to go check on the oven right before the timer rings.

It works regardless of the length of the timer, and even when I don't know exactly how many minutes it is (twisty analog oven dial).

I don't consciously know how much time is left, but somehow I do know when "it's time."

Haven't tested this on longer timescales (hours) though, but I did meet a guy who said he always knew what time it was because he used to work for a TV station doing the countdown til they go on air.

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Post by VBprogrammer »

andai wrote: post #29
yesenadam wrote: post #8

I guess this is a different thing, but... When I was a kid I read a book that said if before you go to sleep you think "I will wake up at Xam" (whatever time you want) then you wake up at exactly that time. Which is pretty weird! We can't do that when we're awake. It actually works, and I've never needed an alarm clock. For a few ultra-important days I used one, like catching a plane, but I was always awake before it…

> We can't do that when we're awake I started using a timer about ten years ago for mundane tasks (getting done a chunk of unpleasant work, or for cooking) and these days I'll get up from my desk to go check on the oven right before the timer rings. It works regardless of the length of the timer, and even when I don't know exactly how many minutes it is (twisty analog oven dial). I don't consciously know how much tim…

If someone asks me the time I'll often respond without looking "about 2.30". Then after digging out my phone check and see it's actually "2.35".
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