Introduction In the context of social interactions, individuals frequently tend to perceive themselves as the object of intense and constant attention from others. This belief, although subjectively compelling, is often disproportionate to the actual attention received. Social psychology has identified this phenomenon as the spotlight effect , conceptualizing it as a systematic distortion of social judgment. Understanding this effect is essential for explaining many experienc

Psychological Time: Elasticity, Perception, and Subjective Experience In his iconic painting The Persistence of Memory  (1931), Salvador Dalí explores the fluid nature of time through his famous “soft watches.” This visual distortion corresponds closely to what cognitive psychology describes as psychological time , the time as it is perceived , not measured. Research on temporal perception shows that humans do not experience time as a stable, uniform line but as a highly vari