Your brain processes images faster than you blink

Psychology
Your brain processes images faster than you blink

Your brain recognizes visual scenes in a mere 13 milliseconds, significantly faster than a blink, showcasing its remarkable evolutionary efficiency for rapid perception.

Your brain recognizes visual scenes incredibly fast, in about 13 milliseconds. That's much quicker than a typical blink, which lasts 300 to 400 milliseconds! A 2014 MIT study showed people could identify complex images flashed for just 13 milliseconds with high accuracy.

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