People who can afford exciting experiences believe they have lived longer, study reveals

Studies have shown that wealthy people live longer, but new research suggests it may be their novel experiences that makes them believe they do. A team at the Norwegian University of Science and Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience discovered a network of brain cells that expresses our sense of time within experiences and memories. The team found that enjoyable experiences, such as vacations and hobbies, create'time codes' in the brain that are more memorable and are easier to recall than events that are boring – making it seem we have been on the Earth longer. On the other hand, their work also shows that the brain typically does not stamp events that are mundane or constantly repeated, leaving us less to look back on. Researchers suggest that when you recall on a memory where you whisked away to a tropical island or spent an afternoon tinkering on a vintage car, life'feels longer in retrospect.'