Ever wondered just how fast your brain can react to a sudden touch or a ringing phone? Strap in as your boy bka MDEE The Veteran aka Prophet MDEE, breaks down the lightning-fast world of human reaction times in a way that'll leave your mind buzzing. Our latest Real Ones Reserved podcast episode peels back the curtain on the incredible processing power of our brains and probes into the various factors – from age and lifestyle to stimulants like caffeine and alcohol – that can either sharpen or dull our responses. And trust me, with the insights we're dishing out, you'll start to see the split-second decisions of your day-to-day in a whole new light.
We're not just about the science, though; this conversation gets real about the social media age's influence on our knee-jerk reactions and the unfairness of snap judgments. At 38, I've learned to embrace a breadth of perspectives, and I'm inviting you to do the same. As we dissect the intricate dance of stimuli and response, I'm serving up a personal take on why we should pause before we critique. Because whether you're laughing, cringing, or nodding along, one thing's for sure: this episode will challenge you to rethink everything you thought you knew about the power of human reaction.
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Whoa, nah, it's your boy, indeed a veteran, and welcome to the Real Ones Reserve podcast. But we talk about real things that need to be talked about. Disclaimer I'm not a licensed psychologist. Therapists, psychiatrists, counselors Are any type of behavioral health expert. These are only my thoughts and ideas. But, that being said, if you care to listen, do so with an open mind. Let's go. Hey, what is up? Everybody, it's your boy, it's your host, md, the veteran, bk, a profit MD, whatever you want to call me.
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And today, man, I have an interesting show for y'all. It's called the Power of Human Reaction and the idea came to me just a few minutes ago. Actually, I'm like man, we make so many, we make such a thing of how people react to things. You know when, in reality, the brain is a freaking processing beast. So we get faced with all types of different things throughout the day and the brain is just processing, processing, so that's all reaction. Your brain is reacting to all these different things that's being faced with. So I did a little bit of investigative work right here and I just did a quick Google search and it says the human reaction time is 150 milliseconds for touch, 170 milliseconds for auditory stimulus and 250 milliseconds for visual stimuli.
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However, many factors can affect an individual's reaction time to stimulus, including age, among other things, which we'll be covering here shortly. The fastest simple reaction time to stimulus is about 100 milliseconds. The time it takes for sensory stimulus to become conscious is typically a few hundred milliseconds, so not even seconds, man, it's milliseconds. Now I don't know how the second is broken down, but second is like this. So milliseconds, bro, it's like it's already gone, you know. So let's talk about reaction time. It can be trained and improved. For example, most people seem to be hard capped at around 190 to 200 milliseconds of training. This is just from a quick Google search and reading this stuff.
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And other factors that can affect our reaction time is drugs and other stimulus. They keep the body awake and alert, which may reduce reaction times. Like, as I just said, depressants reduce alertness and lengthen response times. For example, caffeine is a stimulant and alcohol is a depressant. So we all know that. You know we get our drinks in us. One does the opposite. One gets you all the way up and one has you wallowing away in your sorrows, right? So distractions in the environment can alter time. Because I know me, I got ADHD, dude, if you give me a task and you throw all these different things at me, I'm gonna be like it's not gonna work well with my brain. So yeah, that's just something to factor in, right? So, like, I brought all of that up to say this so we're in the era of social media.
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People react all day. They heart you stuff, they like it, they subscribe to you stuff, they you know I'm surprised they added this like button yet, but you know, I guess when people don't do anything, that speaks the same volumes. So just how can we, as a people like, judge other people on how they reacted to something? Their brain processed whatever, what was going on and it made a decision. You know, it's just like a pull in the slot machine or you know, pressing the button or something and letting whatever information take its course and it comes out with an outcome. So Let us be always be careful, man, when we placing our Thoughts and ideas towards the subject or an idea and be like well, they shouldn't be reacted like that.
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Not all of us have the same brain, the same reaction time, the same upbringing. You know, trauma and stuff to deal with. We all reacted, certainly for a reason. We're all hardwired different and I just thought that was something that was fascinating and something that we probably Don't even factor in at times. You just like people React to things differently.
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I know, like me, 38, I'm more Receptive of things, I like to listen and get people's perspective on things. But I'm human also. I reacted things things again on my nerves. You know Things make me happy, my emotions affect. You know my reactions as well, but we can't necessarily be like what made them do that? You know we could go down the foxhole or the rabbit hole and you know play what ideas, but we can never grasp why did you react that way, other than asking the question?
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And a lot of times people don't ask the question, they assume things. But it's up for all of us to Try to understand one another a little bit better and come up with healthier ideas to where we could come out with better outcomes and, overall, just become better people, man. So that was my quick spill for y'all today, man, the power of human reaction, and I hope y'all just take a moment and be like hmm, you know, just ask yourself several questions before you assume something about a Situation or someone or an outcome. You know, just Take a moment before you react. And as always, it's your boy. Md, the veteran, profit MD. Whatever you want call me, it's the veteran. So who you think you're better than? Until next time, y'all be easy, peace.