Researchers from the Universities of Granada and Almería have launched the project, which is called ‘Time cave‘ got, accompanied. The aim of the experiment was to learn more about our sleep-wake rhythm and the capabilities of the human brain. Two GoPro cameras captured the months-long stay of the speleologist (connoisseur of caves, ed.) in the cave.
The 50-year-old woman did not have a watch or telephone with her and could only send information to the outside world via a laptop, on which she could not receive messages herself. Only her period could give her an approximate indication of the time that passed.
“While we assume she must have tried to somehow calculate the passage of time, Beatriz doesn’t know what day it is or what happened in the outside world,” said Elena Mera, spokesperson for the Timecave. project, out. “The human mind is pushed to its limits.”