Researchers Studied Why Return Trip Seems Shorter

A recent study has shown that the return trip effect, where the route back to a destination seems shorter, is real, but it may only happen once the trip is remembered as a whole, not during the individual segments themselves.

The return leg of a round trip journey often feels shorter than the typically identical outbound route, and researchers are exploring the mechanisms behind it. 

A recent study has tested the existence of and psychology involved in this phenomenon which has been termed the “return trip effect.”  

The team found that it does exist but only when people are asked to remember the&nb