This is utterly fascinating, and something I’ve felt for years. If I listen to a piece of music that I’m very familiar with after a bike ride or a swim, the tempo definitely feels really slow. It’s downright weird.

I bet that if you asked me to tap to the rhythm from memory, I’d be off by about 10%, consistently.

theguardian.com/science/2025/m

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