This is just one example demonstrating the widely accepted neurological understanding that our experience of time is simply a construct of the brain (e.g., Macar et al., 2002; Teghil et al., 2024). Similarly, many people who have had a near-death experience (NDE) report that it seemed to last far longer than the duration of time their body was recorded as being non-responsive (e.g., Cramer, 2021). Some have claimed a subjective experience lasting years, or even decades (e.g., International Association for Near-Death Studies, 2016). Theoretical Limits of Time Perception in Near-Death and Dream StatesWhatever the case for our usual experience of time, the dream and NDE examples above make clear that the brain controls the throttle. Intense emotions such as awe have been shown to slow our perception of time (Mella et al., 2019; Rudd et al., 2012; Droit-Volet, 2007).