Some people 'see faster': Trinity scientists discover speed of visual perception ranges widely in humans

The work suggests some people have an innate advantage in certain settings where response time is crucial, such as in ball sports, or in competitive gaming

Measuring perception speed: Clinton Haarlem, PhD Candidate in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin

Using a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it experiment, researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that individuals differ widely in the rate at which they perceive visual signals. Some people perceive a rapidly changing visual cue at frequencies that others cannot, which means some access more visual information per timeframe than others.

The rate with which we perceive the world is known as our 'temporal resolution', and in many ways it's similar to the refresh rate of a computer monitor.