Reaction Time

Definiton
1. The time taken from the onset of a stimulus & start of movement in response
  1. Eg. The time taken from the stimulus to the person reacting, the gun in a race and the person starting to push off the blocks
Movement Time
1. Definiton
  1. The time it takes from starting a movment to completing it
    1. Eg. The Sprint start in a 200m race
Response Time
1. Definiton
  1. Response Time = Reaction Time + movement time
    1. Time from the onset of the stimulus to the completion of the movement
Types of reaction Time
1. Simple
  1. 1 Response to the stimulus
    1. The gun goes off in a race and the performer runs
2. Choice
  1. There are several alternative responses
    1. In cricket the performer can do a drive shot, defensive shot. Often associated with game sports
  2. a more varied practise would help reduce our choice reaction time
Hick's Law
1. Bottleneck theory
  1. only one response/stimulus can be processed at one time
2. As the number of possible alternatives increase the greater the reaction time

Resource summary

	Created by j.n.westlake about 11 years ago