New research provides evidence that the way we perceive time can significantly affect how quickly our bodies heal. By manipulating participants’ sense of how much time had passed, researchers found that wounds healed faster when people believed more time had elapsed, suggesting a powerful link between our minds and our physical health. The findings have been published in Scientific Reports. The motivation behind this study stems from the longstanding curiosity about the “mind-body connection” – a term frequently used to describe how our mental state can influence physical health. Despite the a…