IF YOU think your wi-fi signal at home is slow, spare a thought for your own brain then, which apparently has a speed limit.
Scientists have found other sensory systems, including your eyes, nose, ears and skin, process bits of data at the supersonic rate of about one billion bits per second.
Unfortunately, according to scientific journal author Markus Meister, the brain is well off the pace and can only process these same signals at the rate of 10 bits per second.
Conversely, a standard or typical wi-fi connection is able to process data at the rate of 50 million bits per second.
The study found humans think and process data at the rate of around 10 bits per second, despite the brain having over 85 billion neurons - scientists called this rate "extremely low".
According to scientific journal Neuron, co-author Markus Meister questioned why brains are extracting only 10 bits from the trillions that other senses are taking in and how they are using them to perceive the world and make decisions.
The research supports the theory that humans are typically slow thinkers and unable to process many thoughts at the same time.
Such a paradox may explain why chess players are unable to anticipate a set of moves too far ahead and can only explore one sequence at a time.
Researchers said that further study is needed to explore more questions posed by the findings.
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