Computer-Enhanced Demonstrations of Simple Reaction Time

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 798-800
Author(s):  
Andris Freivalds ◽  
Dongjoon Kong
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Personal Computer ◽  
Simple Reaction Time ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Mouse Button ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Simple Reaction ◽  
Different Color

As human factors (HF) educators, we often struggle to find good examples or inexpensive tools that allow us to demonstrate basic ergonomic principles. The following computer software allows us to HF educators to demonstrate a variety of basic cognitive not only in a lecture of laboratory environment but also at the convenience of the student who owns a personal computer. Specifically this demonstration will present the concept of a simple reaction time, but with the variations of using different color stimuli and a mouse button click for the response.

Computer-Enhanced Demonstrations of the Fitts' Tapping Task

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 801-804
Author(s):  
Andris Freivalds ◽  
Dongjoon Kong
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Personal Computer ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Laboratory Environment ◽  
Index Of Difficulty ◽  
Hand Coordination

As human factors (HF) educators, we often struggle to find good examples or inexpensive tools that allow us to demonstrate basic ergonomic principles. The following computer software allows us to HF educators to demonstrate a variety of basic cognitive not only in a lecture of laboratory environment but also at the convenience of the student who owns a personal computer. Specifically this demonstration will present the Fitts' Tapping Task with the Index of Difficulty factor using an eye-hand coordination task but the variation of performing the movements with a mouse.

scholarly journals Manipulations of the Response-Stimulus Intervals as a Factor Inducing Controlled Amount of Reaction Time Intra-Individual Variability

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 669
Author(s):  
Paweł Krukow ◽  
Małgorzata Plechawska-Wójcik ◽  
Arkadiusz Podkowiński
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Simple Reaction Time ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Reaction Time Task ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Simple Reaction Time Task ◽  
Stimulus Interval ◽  
Simple Reaction ◽  
Response Stimulus

Aggrandized fluctuations in the series of reaction times (RTs) are a very sensitive marker of neurocognitive disorders present in neuropsychiatric populations, pathological ageing and in patients with acquired brain injury. Even though it was documented that processing inconsistency founds a background of higher-order cognitive functions disturbances, there is a vast heterogeneity regarding types of task used to compute RT-related variability, which impedes determining the relationship between elementary and more complex cognitive processes. Considering the above, our goal was to develop a relatively new assessment method based on a simple reaction time paradigm, conducive to eliciting a controlled range of intra-individual variability. It was hypothesized that performance variability might be induced by manipulation of response-stimulus interval’s length and regularity. In order to verify this hypothesis, a group of 107 healthy students was tested using a series of digitalized tasks and their results were analyzed using parametric and ex-Gaussian statistics of RTs distributional markers. In general, these analyses proved that intra-individual variability might be evoked by a given type of response-stimulus interval manipulation even when it is applied to the simple reaction time task. Collected outcomes were discussed with reference to neuroscientific concepts of attentional resources and functional neural networks.

Timing of expectancy peak in simple reaction time situation

1974 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 461-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Näätänen ◽  
V. Muranen ◽  
A. Merisalo
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Simple Reaction Time ◽  
Simple Reaction

Interhemispheric pathways in simple reaction time to lateralized light flash

1982 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.David Milner ◽  
Christopher R. Lines
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Simple Reaction Time ◽  
Light Flash ◽  
Simple Reaction

Reaction time and spinal excitability in a simple reaction time task

1976 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia T. Michie ◽  
Alex M. Clarke ◽  
John D. Sinden ◽  
Leonard C.T. Glue
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Simple Reaction Time ◽  
Reaction Time Task ◽  
Simple Reaction Time Task ◽  
Simple Reaction ◽  
Time Task ◽  
Spinal Excitability

Postural Preparation to Making a Step: Is There a “Motor Program” for Postural Preparation?

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana M. Degani ◽  
Alessander Danna-Dos-Santos ◽  
Mark L. Latash
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Simple Reaction Time ◽  
Center Of Pressure ◽  
Motor Program ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Single Motor ◽  
Simple Reaction ◽  
Specific Manner ◽  
Young Subjects ◽  
Straight Ahead

We tested the hypothesis that a sequence of mechanical events occurs preceding a step that scales in time and magnitude as a whole in a task-specific manner, and is a reflection of a “motor program.” Young subjects made a step under three speed instructions and four tasks: stepping straight ahead, down a stair, up a stair, and over an obstacle. Larger center-of-pressure (COP) and force adjustments in the anteriorposterior direction and smaller COP and force adjustments in the mediolateral direction were seen during stepping forward and down a stair, as compared with the tasks of stepping up a stair and over an obstacle. These differences were accentuated during stepping under the simple reaction time instruction. These results speak against the hypothesis of a single motor program that would underlie postural preparation to stepping. They are more compatible with the reference configuration hypothesis of whole-body actions.

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