Deep Time study: French volunteers leave cave after 40 days in isolation

Re:Deep Time study: French volunteers leave cave after 40 da... by shannifin on Sunday April 25, 2021 @06:46PM (#26937448)

Interesting, though the article itself says nothing about any findings, other than that time seems slower in an environment with less stimulation, which is probably obvious.

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Re:Deep Time study: French volunteers leave cave after 40 da... by kgran on Monday April 26, 2021 @08:15AM (#26941700)

It seems that the opposite is true (they underestimated the time spent in the cave): 40 days seemed like 30 days for most and even 23 days for one volunteer, according to The Guardian article (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/25/deep-time-team...).

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Re:Deep Time study: French volunteers leave cave after 40 da... by simonblack on Sunday April 25, 2021 @09:02PM (#26938265)

There was a similar experiment done some time back. IIRC, the subjects eventually settled on to a 27-hour daily cycle, rather than our normal 24-hour cycle.

That seems to be occurring here too. With them needing a longer objective time to match a 'standard' subjective time.

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