How Fast the Human Brain Thinks Was Measured

human brain how quickly you process information Have you thought? Curious about the answer to this question, neurobiologists from the California Institute of Technology conducted a study. The study revealed that we are not as mentally fast as we think.

According to research, the human brain At a constant and really slow speed of about 10 bits thinks. We dream, remember and decide at this speed. It should be noted that the findings were published in the journal Neuron.

So why do we process information so slowly?

Neurobiologist Markus Meister, one of the researchers, stated in his statement that the human brain is not as incredible as it is thought and stated that it is very slow compared to the devices we use: “The human brain is more powerful than we think much less impressive. It is incredibly slow in matters such as decision-making and the devices we interact with. ridiculously slower.”

So why are we so slow compared to computers performing trillions of operations every second? According to the team, this is because their thoughts a single file We process as. This causes a slow, long queue.

Even more interesting, 1 billion bits per second of our sensory systemthat is, it can collect sensory data at a speed of 1 gigabit. With the nervous system running so fast, this collected data is processed on our incredibly slower 10-bit cognitive computers. According to researchers, this mismatch between the sensory system and processing speed is a mystery that needs to be examined in depth.

In the findings, our brain speeds during different activities were also observed. For example, blindfolded Solving a Rubik’s cube takes just under 12 bits appeared to require action. If you play the strategy game StarCraft at a projection level, you think at 10 bit speed. When you do much more complex things, you can push it up to 50 bits. However, most things you do daily require around 10 bits of processing.

Knowing how our brain works and how it evolves can especially contribute to the development of artificial intelligence. Therefore, we can say that more studies are needed on the subject.