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Monday 1 March 2021
71 patients with balance issues related to illness found no further improvement by the use of virtual reality.
The plane was on the way to Berlin when the incident happened – but he was never in any danger.
The new floor was installed as part of a €30 million renovation of the popular attraction.
Afraid of heights? Look away now.
Pat Kenny, on the other hand, was a little less dramatic.
For a securely fastened camera that is.
Literally. Have you experienced any of these symptoms?
The 1958 suspense thriller about a retired police officer with a fear of heights topples Orson Welles’ classic in BFI’s list.
Also, have you ever seen a pygmy marmoset – the world’s smallest monkey – so small that it’ll fit in the palm of your hand?
A remarkable video shows what it’s like to be an engineer – when you have to climb 1768ft just to start work.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN that the past year of lockdowns and restrictions on day-to-day life has distorted our perception of time, but the experience isn’t uniform.
Dr Ruth Ogden, an academic specialising in experimental psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, seized 2020 as an unprecedented research opportunity and spoke to TheJournal.ie this week about her work – and why our perception of time may have changed.
Ogden has carried out three surveys to examine the pandemic’s impact on our sense of how much time is passing, two in the United Kingdom and one in Argentina (one is available here, while the others are under review).
The results were split uniformly: 20% of people felt as though time was passing at a normal speed, 40% felt it was passing faster, and 40% felt it was passing slower.
So today, we’re asking: Have you felt time go slower or faster during the pandemic?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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