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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Mind, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute?
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2 .When people talk about the past, they tend to lean slightly back.
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3 .And if folks talk about things to come they tend to lean forward.
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4 .Various studies have revealed those physical attitudes.
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5 .But now a study finds that people usually experience time as if we are literally moving toward the future and away from the past.
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6 .Through surveys researchers first determined that subjects perceive future events as being closer than past events, even if the events are equidistant.
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7 .Then the scientists had subjects experience a virtual reality where they were either walking towards a fountain or backwards away from it.
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8 .And as they walked, the subjects had to estimate the distance of a specific date.
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9 .The date they were given was either three weeks ago or three weeks in the future.
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10 .The participants backing away from the fountain perceived the dates as being equidistant from the present.
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11 .But those walking towards the fountain estimated the future date to be closer than the past date.
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12 .The researchers interpret the finding to mean that the future feels closer because it seems like we're literally moving towards it.
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13 .Gives new meaning to the phrase, "I'm looking forward to seeing you."
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14 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Mind. I'm Christie Nicholson.
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