Our memory of time is shortened when we believe products and events are related

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Synopsis (Via PhysOrg)

When we believe two events are connected — such as drinking caffeine and getting a burst of energy — we tend to compress time, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Excerpts (Via Phys Org)

“People sometimes feel the effect of product consumption almost instantaneously—within an unrealistically short time after consumption,” writes author David Faro (London Business School). “Such placebo-like effects are typically attributed to conditioning, wishful thinking, or expectations about product efficacy. The present research shows such effects can also occur because, under some conditions, people are prone to underestimate the time-to-onset of products they have used in the past.”

“These experiments show that our recollections of how long products took to have an effect on us when we have used them in the past are intertwined with our beliefs in their causal role,” the author concludes.
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