Critical flicker-fusion frequency (CFF) is a well-studied measure of visual temporal resolution. I have compiled a spreadsheet comparing CFF values across 70 species and 33 orders of animals.
It’s surprising that the CFFs are mostly higher for the insects in the table than humans, but lower for the crustaceans and spiders. I suppose it’s naive to treat invertebrates too uniformly given how large and varied a group that is.
Yeah, and just to reiterate what I say in the post: CFF is a visual measure, so comparing animals that inhabit environments of characteristically different luminances is not advised. Most (though possibly not all) of the CFF variation between the crustaceans in the spreadsheet and the insects in the spreadsheet can be explained by differences in the extent to which the different animals rely on vision to interact with the world.
It’s surprising that the CFFs are mostly higher for the insects in the table than humans, but lower for the crustaceans and spiders. I suppose it’s naive to treat invertebrates too uniformly given how large and varied a group that is.
EDIT: And, of course, as you point out in “How Considering the Subjective Experience of Time Could Influence Resource Allocation”, it’s naive to treat animals uniformly within each of the groupings of insects, fishes, crustaceans, etc..
Yeah, and just to reiterate what I say in the post: CFF is a visual measure, so comparing animals that inhabit environments of characteristically different luminances is not advised. Most (though possibly not all) of the CFF variation between the crustaceans in the spreadsheet and the insects in the spreadsheet can be explained by differences in the extent to which the different animals rely on vision to interact with the world.