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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Physics

Background:

  • Episodic memory is intrinsically linked to the concepts of time and space.
  • Place cells and time cells are hypothesized neural correlates for spatial and temporal representation.
  • Existing models face challenges reconciling linear physical time with subjective, variable experienced time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural construction of time and space in relation to episodic memory.
  • To propose an alternative framework for understanding time beyond Newtonian concepts.
  • To explore the role of brain-body rhythms in the subjective experience of time.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis integrating neuroscience and physics.
  • Review of existing literature on place cells and time cells.
  • Theoretical modeling of time as a relational measure of change.

Main Results:

  • Physical time and experienced time exhibit fundamental differences.
  • An alternative framework views time as an abstracted relational measure of change.
  • Brain-body rhythms provide reference scales for subjective time perception.

Conclusions:

  • Time is not a fixed container but a measure of change.
  • Subjective experience of time is modulated by a hierarchy of biological rhythms.
  • Neural circuits tied to these rhythms may underlie our sense of time.