Processing of sight vs. sound in the brain.?

Question

My question is which is neurologically faster, seeing or hearing?


My guess would be hearing due to the fact that your ears are much closer to the temporal lobe (the part of the brain that processes hearing) than your eyes are to the occipital lobe. This is just a guess though, I haven't found any info that supports it yet.

Answer 1

your guess would be correct. Both ,eyes and ear, are connected to auditory nerves but in terms of physics speed of light is faster than speed of sound so probably, seeing is faster than hearing.