eLearningMind

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You’ve probably heard that the human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. Perhaps you even know that MIT found that the brain could recognize images in as little as 13 milliseconds—literally in the blink of an eye. But do you know why brains love images over other forms of information? Photographs.

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eLearningMind

APRIL 17, 2017

Emails fail to grab attention in the same way pictures, sounds, motion. So give them a break by giving them images to process rather than text; images are processed 60,000 times faster than text by the brain. Sometimes your brain just needs a rest because we know that brains are ultimately lazy organs.

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eLearningMind

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We know that images are processed 60,000 times faster than text by the brain and that brains are ultimately lazy organs. They’re constantly looking for the fastest ways through information and any method that reduces cognitive work on their parts. Pictures; sounds; motion: they all capture attention in ways that an email never can.

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