Mysterious Tendrils Inside The Brain May Control Our Perception of Time - ScienceAlert

For their study, the researchers used a gene manipulation technique to remove striatum cilia in mice, which had a dramatic effect.

It's clear that all the impacts of cilia removal have a shared characteristic: the loss of ability to quickly change behavior in response to changes in the environment in an appropriate time frame.

The researchers are already working on follow-up studies to analyze the relationship between cilia and time perception more closely.

"Our ongoing work is aimed at understanding the mechanisms by which cilia regulate time perception and developing targeted therapies to improve behavioral deficits."