The human brain takes in 11 million bits of information every second, but is aware of only about 50 bits.

The human brain takes in 11 million bits of information every second, but is aware of only about 50 bits.

In fact, scientific research shows that the human brain takes in about 11 million bits of information every second – but we are only able to consciously process about 50 bits per second (Markowsky, n.d). That means that the vast majority of the information our brains take in is processed unconsciously.

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