The nervous system can relay messages about at a speed of 150 meters/second. For context, a car is only moving at 26.8 meters per second when driving 60 miles per hour. When you shoot a bullet, it is close to 350 meters per second. An interesting thought then is which sense is our fastest sense?? i know this is late but can i please get brainliest?
Many years ago, I read that the speed of communication through nerve pathways had been measured as 123 meters per second. I read that roughly around the time that the human race was evolving nerve cells, and I have no later information.
The first answer posted here is in miles per hour, and when you go through the unit conversion, it's equivalent to about 120 meters per second.
This agreement between my ancient information and the new, modern answer posted today makes me feel that these are both good numbers, and the truth actually IS somewhere around 120 meters per second.
