Narrative Processes and Time Perception: Toward a Neurological and Quantum Interpretation of Time

The concept of Time is one of the most intuitive dimensions of human experience and, at the same time, one of the most debated topics in philosophy, neuroscience, and physics. This paper proposes an interdisciplinary interpreta, on of Time percep,on by integra,ng neurological mechanisms of cognition with recent developments in quantum physics, particularly the Page–WooAers mechanism. The central hypothesis is that the human brain cannot consciously process reality as a complete multidimensional system and therefore reconstructs experience through a sequential narrative process. This narrative ordering of sensory stimuli generates the perception of temporal flow. At the physical level, contemporary quantum theories suggest that ,me may not be a fundamental property of the universe, but rather an emergent phenomenon arising from correlations between quantum systems. The convergence between neurological narra,ve structuring and relational interpretations of time in quantum mechanics opens a possible framework for understanding temporal perception as both a cognitive construction and an emergent physical phenomenon.