2006-12-08 07:03:05 · 16 answers · asked by Syed A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Nerve impulses are electrical in nature, but not passed as electrical current.
Even electricity, as seen in copper wire, travels at only about a 1/3 the speed of light.
Nerve impulses travel as an electrical depolarization wave along a nerve membrane. This is a chemical process.
If you think nerve transmission is fast (and thoughts are made up of nerve transmissions) then watch the doctor tap your knee next time. There is a visible time delay between when your knee is hit, the impulse travels to your spine, which then sends back the reflex reaction that causes your knee to jump. BTW, this reaction isn't a brain mediated, but a spinal mediated reflex.
Speed in thinking is increase by the fact that your brain doesn't think linearly, like most computers. It's highly parallel in it's processing. Still, it's not in the same ball park as the speed of light.
2006-12-08 07:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best answer to your question will probably be given by a neurosurgeon.But let me try to my best.According to neuroscience an imagination is a complex function of brain involving memory,intelligence,your mood state of brain,your learning skills,your surroundings etc.Nobody till date has defined these terms as else we do in science.For example,2+2=4.In this sense,all the terms mentioned above are ill-defined.But one thing is sure,that,all this is happening inside brain requiring neuronal transmission.And in no case the 'speed' of neuronal transmission is equivalent to light.It is usually 'some' meters per second,depending on the type of neuronal transmission. I have seen some 'Gurus' claiming that,the speed of imagination is faster than light. But this can not be supported by the evidences that are available with present day neuroscience.
2006-12-08 07:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by vighnarajendra s 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'll go with the speed of nerve inpulses since imagination is a nerve impulse in your brain. The speed is about 70-100 feet per second (20-30 meters per second). Yes nerver inpulses are generally (100 meters per second) faster but they slow down when your thinking to this speed.
2006-12-08 07:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by ToniG 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed of Brain Neurons
2006-12-08 08:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by buddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagination got no speed. Imagination is already there, waiting for the light to do amazing things with it.
2006-12-08 08:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thre speed of mind i think is as much more speed than light as the light takes several miniutes to reach the earth from the sun but we can think even reach sun in imaginatio within fraction of seconds.
2006-12-08 16:17:26 · answer #6 · answered by Prabhat kumar choudhary 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-30 08:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes 8 mins for light to reach earth from sun.... our mind not even takes a sec to imagine a sun.... can u imagine the speed of our imagination
2006-12-08 08:18:04 · answer #8 · answered by neo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Almost the same, since your brain is made up of electrical impulses, except you have to subtract the speed of light from resistances in the brain.
2006-12-08 07:06:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
higher but it depends on the way ur brain thinks and its capacity for instance
Einstein must have had a faster rate of thinking and imagination
2006-12-08 07:32:15 · answer #10 · answered by questinme 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋