Have you ever wondered how the brain registers a fast, incoming object and has enough time to react? Well, the brain takes at least one tenth of a second to process an objects position. For example, in tennis, when the ball is hit at 120 miles per hour, within the 100 milliseconds it takes to process the object, it has already moved 15 feet. Luckily, our brains do something very clever. They realize this problem and estimate where the ball is going to be so we can react to the predicted future location of the object. Today was the first time scientists were able to see this sophisticated predicting happen in real time. This study was very beneficial in learning about this specific function of the brain, but even more so, it helped lead into other various studies of different parts of the brain.
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I think that this research is pretty cool because I've always wondered how baseball hitters hit 100 mph fastballs. It's amazing how scientists can now get into your brain and figure this stuff out.
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Thats really cool, it's amazing how fast the brain works and the tricks it can pull. I found another website that has to do with the topic of brain reaction time, for more information, go to
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I found this article very interesting because playing baseball myself I have always wondered how the brain is able to pick up the ball in the air and swing on time to hit the ball. I am still wondering how to brain can send signals to the muscles fast enough to adjust to spin as quickly as it does.
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As a soccer goalie, I found this interesting. Some shots can be very tough to save, especially at a higher level. I've even read multiple article saying that at a professional level stopping a penalty kick is harder than hitting a baseball.
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The brain is so fast and quick, its ridiculous. I found an article that explains why we react faster to some things than to other things.
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The brain's reactions are astonishing, another article i read talks about the brains reaction to fear and how adrenaline make the nerve endings send messages to the brain at a really quick speed!
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This is a really cool article because i play baseball and often wonder how we can track fast moving objects. This is very interesting and awesome to see how complex our brains can really be. I read this article below and it was interesting because it explained how little time you have to react. For example, being late on a pitch by a very small fraction can be the result from hitting it foul to the left or hitting it foul to the right. It is crazy how fast our brain process information!
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