Some animals perceive changes 300 times a second.
New research from the University of Galway finds outs that animals that can fly or are marine predators have the quickest perception of time.
The study results will be presented today at the British Ecological Society's annual meeting in Edinburgh by Dr. Kevin Healy., the study, which is the largest of its type to date, examined the rate at which more than 100 animals experience temporal perception, or the ability to track changes in the environment. The scientists discovered that animals with active lifestyles have visual systems that can quickly pick up changes.
"Having fast vision helps a species perceive rapid changes in the environment. Such detailed perception of changes is very useful if you move quickly or need to pinpoint the trajectory of moving prey," explained Dr. Kevin Healy.British Ecological Society"By looking at such a wide range of animals, from dragonflies to starfish, our findings show that a species' perception of time itself is linked to how fast its environment can change.
or even how aspects such as light pollution may affect some species more than others," he also added."One unexpected finding from the research is that many terrestrial predators have relatively slow time perception compared to aquatic predators," Dr. Kevin Healy stated. "We think this difference may be because, in aquatic environments, predators can continuously adjust their position when lunging for prey, while in terrestrial environments, predators that lunge at prey, such as a jumping spider, are not able to make adjustments once they've launched."Because it requires a lot of energy and is constrained by how rapidly retinal cells in the eye's retinal neurons can recharge, not all animals have the ability to perceive time swiftly.
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