Speed at perceiving visual signals

In terms of speed of response to what we see, some of us have a clear advantage—which may explain why you’ve never excelled at sports. Haarlem and teammates determined that “some people have an innate advantage in certain settings where response time is crucial, such as in ball sports, or in competitive gaming. . . . individuals differ widely in the rate at which they perceive visual signals. Some people perceive a rapidly changing visual cue at frequencies that others cannot, which means some access more visual information per timeframe than others. The rate with which we perceive the world is known as our ‘temporal resolution’, and in many ways it is similar to the refresh rate of a computer monitor” (study published in PLoS One).
“I Spy With My Speedy Eye – Scientists Discover Speed of Visual Perception Ranges Widely in Humans.” 2024. Press release, Trinity College Dublin, https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/top-stories/featured/i-spy-with-my-speedy-eye–scientists-discover-speed-of-visual-perception-ranges-widely-in-humans-/