The phenomenologically real experience in which time 'feels' as if it is proceeding 'more slowly' than usual. This experience is attested in situations when more of the perceptual stimulus array is attended to, including situations such as novelty, shock, boredom and near-death experiences. It is evident linguistically in expressions such as: Time seemed to stand still, The time dragged by, and so forth. In cognitive linguistics protracted duration has been studied in detail by Vyvyan Evans.