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Simple Reaction Time Task

Resources and information for administering the Simple Reaction Time Task with Inquisit.

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Simple Visual Reaction Time Task
A script that measures reaction time to a visual presented stimulus.

Last Updated: Apr 22, 2012, 6:26PM
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Simple Auditory Reaction Time Task
A script that measures reaction time to an auditory stimulus.

Last Updated: Apr 22, 2012, 6:26PM
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Selected Bibliography

Bliss, C.B. (1893) Investigations in Reaction-Time and Attention. Studies from the Yale Pyschological Laboratory, 1, 1-55.

Teichner, W.H. (1954). Rectent Studies of Simple Reaction Time, Psychological Bulletin, 51, 128-149.

Simon, J.R. (1967). Ear Preference in a Simple Reaction-Time Task

Hanninen, H. (1971) Psychological Picture of Manifest and Latent Carbon Disulphide Poisoning. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 28, 374-381.

Murray, M.M., Foxe, J.J., Higgins, B.A., Javitt, D.C., Shroeder, C.E. (2001). Visuo-spatial neural response interactions in early cortical processing during a simple reaction time task: a high-density electrical mapping study. Neuropsychologia, 39, 828-844.

Van Den Berg, J. & Neely, G. (2006). Performance on a simple reactdion time task while sleep deprived. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 102, 589-599.

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