Neuroscientists
have found that the human brain can process entire images that the eye
sees for as little as 13 milliseconds — the first evidence of such rapid
processing speed.
That speed is far faster than the 100 milliseconds suggested by
previous studies. In the new study, which appears in the journal Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics,
researchers asked subjects to look for a particular type of image, such
as “picnic” or “smiling couple,” as they viewed a series of six or 12
images, each presented for between 13 and 80 milliseconds.
[ Paper ] [ More ]
