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Published online 10 February 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060206-10
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The path less travelled feels shorter
Details on a journey may create an illusion of distance.
The more times we have walked a route, the longer we judge it to be, a UK researcher has confirmed. His studies could help explain why daily commutes can grow to seem interminably long.
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