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When extra time is not extra enough

A U of T study asks why the same extension can feel generous to one person and insufficient to another.

Reported by U of T News Staff

A study of how people experience additional time.
ResearchA study of how people experience additional time.Photo: University of Toronto / official source image

A new study examines how people experience added time, and why an extension does not always translate into more room to think or act.

The finding is a useful summer reminder for anyone rebuilding a schedule: time is not only a quantity. It is also a perception shaped by pressure, context and what the next deadline asks of us.

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