Classical reaction time and anticipation reaction time in a simple visual reaction time task
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Denis Drouin (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Gail Hennis
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate performance on anticipation reaction time and classical reaction time as a function of practice. In the anticipation reaction time condition, the foreperiod was held constant, while in the classical reaction time condition the foreperiod was varied. Three visual stimulus durations of 154 milliseconds, 204 milliseconds and 254 milliseconds respectively were used. The hypotheses investigated were: (1) there is no significant difference between frequencies tallied within each stimulus duration for the two reaction time tasks; (2) there is no significant difference in performance between the two reaction time tasks; (3) there is no significant difference in performance with variation in the length of stimulus duration, and (3) there is no significant difference between performance of different days. The sub-problems were: (1) to identify interaction between days, tasks and stimulus duration, and (2) to identify learning curves for the two tasks. Twelve male subjects with a mean age of nineteen years, enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, participated in the study. The experiment was conducted for four consecutive days. Each day 150 reaction times were recorded for each subject. This total of 150 trials was composed of three blocks of twenty-five trials for each task within each stimulus duration. After each trial, immediate visual feedback was given when reaction was either equal to, or shorter than the stimulus duration.
Classical reaction time and anticipation reaction time in a simple visual reaction time task
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1973
- Subjects
- Reaction time
- Conditioned response