Researchers at Caltech have calculated exactly how fast the human brain processes information — and the numbers are hilariously low. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Neuron, the team concluded that the speed of human thought is a measly 10 bits per second. "This is an extremely low number," said team lead and Caltech biological sciences professor Markus Meier in a statement. While that may indeed sound agonizingly slow, the team also found that our bodies' sensory systems also process an estimated one billion bits per second of other information about our environment. "Every moment, we are […]