The latency is literally about how late the pixels appear on the display, so it has to be about seeing.
If you type fast, but still have to look at your output, it may be a good idea to wean off that; you should be able to type while reading something elsewhere on the screen, only occasionally glancing on what you're typing.
Traditional typewriter typists had to be able to transcribe an existing written text (e.g. manuscript). That meant their eyes were on the text they were reading, not on their hands or the typewriter ribbon strike area.
If you type fast, but still have to look at your output, it may be a good idea to wean off that; you should be able to type while reading something elsewhere on the screen, only occasionally glancing on what you're typing.
Traditional typewriter typists had to be able to transcribe an existing written text (e.g. manuscript). That meant their eyes were on the text they were reading, not on their hands or the typewriter ribbon strike area.