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Fun fact: auditory signals are the fastest path to human reflexes, way faster than vision. I forget the exact numbers, but visual reactions are on the order of
by Vicinity9635 3y ago
Fun fact: auditory signals are the fastest path to human reflexes, way faster than vision. I forget the exact numbers, but visual reactions are on the order of 300ms whereas auditory reactions are sub 100 IIRC. Feel free to correct me if anyone can find numbers.
So all those blind fights in the matrix cartoons or daredevil are sill, but not quite as silly as you might have expected. There is actually a significant reaction time advantage. But good look hearing a sword swing at your face vs your leg lol
- gpt5 3y agoThere is a difference, but not that dramatic. You can try it on yourself here - https://playback.fm/audio-reaction-time https://playback.fm/audio-reaction-time
- Vicinity9635 3y agoThere's a lot more between the actions there image to display, mouse to computer that have nothing to do with internal meatbag reactions. Especially when we're already measuring in milliseconds.
- gpt5 3y agoI'm referring to the paper cited in the linked site, which quotes about 50ms of difference in reaction time between auditory and visual, not 200ms like stated in the comment above.