The new information is in contrast to the way the peripheral nervous system functions, processing gigabits of sensory data in a second, raising many questions for scientists



Our brain is not as fast as we might think, study reveals speed of human thought

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have quantified the speed of the human brain at which it processes information, revealing we may not be as sharp as we might think.

Human brain is the processor of all information we throw its way. It is also single-handedly responsible for keeping the body and mind in sync. A wireless machine, it never stops crunching data and is always processing information.

Scientists tracked a thought as it moved through the brain. What did they find?

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Our brain is not as fast as we might think, study reveals speed of human thought

Our brain is not as fast as we might think, study reveals speed of human thought

Scientists tracked a thought as it moved through the brain. What did they find?