Simple Reaction Time Task

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Available Test Forms

Simple Auditory Reaction Time Task

A script that measures reaction time to an auditory stimulus.
Duration: 5 minutes
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Simple Auditory Reaction Time Task (Keyboad Input)

A measure of manual reaction time to an auditory stimuli based on Fry (1975).
Duration: 5 minutes
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Simple Visual Reaction Time Task

A script that measures reaction time to a visual presented stimulus.
Duration: 5 minutes
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References

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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.

Fry, D.B. (1975). Simple Reaction-Times to Speech and Non-Speech Stimuli. Cortex, 11, 355-360.

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.