Reaction Time Reaserch Question: To design on investigation into stimuli ( sight/sound ) that may affect reaction time ( time taken for a response to occur in reaction to a stimulus.) Background information: Humans perceive their outside world through five senses: touch ‚sight‚ taste‚ smell and sound. The reason why we have the 5 major senses is to detect and discriminate among the signals that comes from our environment. These signals carry information necessary for us to support our vital
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Abstract “Reaction Time” is the interval of time between the application of a stimulus and the detection of a response and has been thought to differ based upon the effects of modality and warning signals. In the “Reaction Time” experiment a total of 24 students from the University of Cincinnati participated in an experiment consisting of two sensory modalities‚ audition and vision‚ which were combined with two levels of warning signal status. The two levels of warning signal status were signal
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Biology 104 Reaction Times Objectives: 1. Formulate and test hypotheses regarding reaction times. Introduction: Reaction time is a measure of how quickly an organism can respond to a particular stimulus. Reaction time has been widely studied‚ as its practical implications may be of great consequence‚ e.g. a slower than normal reaction time while driving can have grave results. Many factors have been shown to affect reaction times‚ including age‚ gender‚ physical fitness‚ fatigue‚ distraction
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determine the reaction time of the test participant and using the subtractive method identify the selection time and identification time of the participant. The experiments had one participant who participated in a total of 6 experiments; two experiments required a simple reaction with a single stimulus and 4 experiments that required a more complicated reaction. Keywords Subtractive method – the procedure of estimating the time it takes to perform various cognitive operations. Simple reaction – this
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Investigation: Reaction Time Ruler Test Date: Name: Partners Name(s): Marks: /22 (Group) + /18 (Individual) = /40 Introduction: Reaction time is the time between the application of a stimulus and the body’s response to the stimulus. Reaction time is quickest for young adults and gradually slows down with age. Reaction time can be improved with practice‚ up to a point‚ and it declines under conditions
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Daniel Kim 12-3-12 HBS‚ period 1 Reaction time experiment Caffeine and Reaction Time 1) Identify the Problem or Question How does the consumption of caffeine affect the reaction time of the nervous system? 2) Introduction Purpose of the experiment: To identify the whether or not caffeine increases or decreases the reaction time of the nervous system. In our experiment‚ we have decided to use all the “cases” which will test how fast a signal from our brain will be sent to our
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The Effect of Stimulus Type on Reaction Time Katelin Wagoner Anderson University Abstract Previous studies on reaction time have examined the effects of different kinds of stimuli; this experiment specifically tests reaction time in response to auditory and visual stimuli. The common belief is that an auditory stimulus is faster than visual stimuli. There were 23 participants; 95% were Caucasian‚ with six males and 17 females. This experiment required participants to respond to either an
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Simple Reaction Time Abstract Summary The Research Instructor conducted an experiment about Simple Reaction Time. The Subject hold the timer while the Experimenter gave a go signal‚ and the Subject started the timer and shared stories. The Recorder used a cell phone to track the time. The Subject was not able to see the timer‚ and also the data that was being recorded. This was performed forty-five trials. Afterwards‚ the Experimenter and the Subject switched roles and performed ten trials for the
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SIMPLE REACTION TIME Objective To acquaint the students in reading laboratory primers and organize data into summaries and graphs. Introduction Apparatus Required Stopwatch‚ Meter Stick. Procedure Part – I Select your laboratory partner and toss a coin to determine who will be E and S. S holds the timer with preferred time. At E’s go signal‚ S starts the timer and must talk of free associate while making an estimate of 12 second interval. E records the estimate in Table I. S should not see the face
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Problem: Reaction time can be a very important thing in daily life. Reaction time is not only crucial for an athlete when playing quick sports but the average person will need to use their reaction time in daily life. When an object falls‚ catching the object or when driving‚ having a quick reaction time could be vital to the safety and wellbeing of the driver and the passengers even when it comes down to differences in seconds. In addition‚ there have been many catastrophic events in the
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