Researchers discover the 'neural clock' that lets us keep track of events and gives them timestamps

Researchers have discovered how our brain keeps track of time. They say a special network of brain cells expresses our sense of time within experiences and memories. It essentially provides timestamps for events, and keeps track of the order of them - rather like a filing system. The illustration shows the episodic time from the experience of a 4-hour-long ski trip up and down a steep mountain, including events that alter the skier's perception of time. The idea is that experienced time is event-dependent and may be perceived as faster or slower than clock time.The newly discovered neural record of experienced time is in the lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC) in green.