Author: Michael

Cancelled plans—particularly a meeting at work—can feel like an enormous gift. Even if it’s just an hour, getting that ping that an afternoon meeting is off feels liberating. But why? Unexpectedly getting time back in our day alters our psychological perception of how time passes, which then affects how we spend it.  “An hour gained feels longer than 60 minutes, and that deviation from expectation creates a unique sense of opportunity,” Gabriela Tonietto, a Rutgers University market researcher, explained in a statement. Tonietto is also the lead author of a new study published in the Journal of the Association for…

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