The science behind the finger snap: Tip of the digit that is 'clicked' reaches the palm in just seven MILLISECONDS — 20 times faster than the blink of an eye, study finds ...

The middle finger propels to the bottom of your palm, where upon impact it creates the snap. Just like that. Bhamla’s team explored the variables within this system, like friction and ...

The finger snap occurs in only seven milliseconds, more than twenty times faster than the blink of an eye, which takes more than 150 milliseconds. Dr Saad Bhamla.