> Theoretically, the top speed for a neuron to feasibly fire and send information to its neighbor is 500 hertz. However, if neurons actually fired at 500 hertz, the system would become completely overwhelmed.

> Our neurons, however, have an average firing rate of 4 hertz, 50 to 60 times less than what is optimal for information transmission.

Could this explain the time dilation you can get when under high stress - is this your brain just firing as fast as it can?