Time Perception

Interesting piece by Joseph about time perception. I was not aware that different animals perceived time differently based on their physiological properties. It again shows to me how relative things are and the limitations of our own perception. It made me wonder how this different way of perceiving time would actually feel. The measurements may not say much about the actual perception of time the animal has. The way the animal experiences time might be different or similar to us. There might be an built-in mechanism to "correct" the experience. This seems necessary to an extend as for instance animals operate in the same world space they need to be able to function within it. A prey with a slow time perception may find it harder to avoid predators with a much faster time perception. It might also be that other sensory input besides the visual helps the animal to  perceive time more accurately. As the blog suggest, the frame rate of an animals eye may give a good indication about the time perception of a creature, however how does this work with blind creatures? Do they not perceive time at all? This seems unlikely. So how do they perceive time? Could sound not also be a good indicator? In the blog post only the visual input is considered. Arguably it could be the whole array of stimuli from every sensor in conjunction that could constitute the perception of time. 

The leads me to the question whether time perception will change when one or more sensors are cut off.

However it is interesting to wonder how the passing of time might feel. It makes me also curious about what if the perception of time is not constant but fluctuates instead? What if we could perceive time expansion and contraction? What if we could actually control the mechanism and adjust time perception according to our needs? Or synchronize our perception to that of another creature?

These questions brings me to a creature that can control its perception of time by changing its physiological make up.