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    Comparison between Auditory and Visual Simple Reaction Times

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    Neuroscience & Medicine, 2018, 1, 30-32
    doi:10.4236/nm.2018.11004 Published Online September 2018 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/nm)

    Comparison between Auditory and Visual Simple


    Reaction Times
    Jose Shelton1, Gideon Praveen Kumar2
    1
    Gippsland Physiotherapy Group, Melbourne, Australia; 2VIT University, Vellore, India.
    Email: {gideonpraveenkumar, josenoel2008}@gmail.com

    Received May 30th, 2018; revised August 2nd, 2018; accepted August 7th, 2018.

    ABSTRACT
    Objective: The purpose of this study was to find out whether the simple reaction time was faster for auditory or visual
    stimulus and the factors responsible for improving the performance of the athlete. Methodology: 14 subjects were as-
    signed randomly into groups consisting of 2 members. Both the members from each group performed both the visual
    and auditory tests. The tests were taken from the DirectRT software program from a laptop. The DirectRT software
    consists of Testlabvisual and Testlabsounds to test the reaction times to visual and auditory stimuli. The 2 members
    from each group completed both the visual and auditory reaction times, the data was taken and the mean reaction time
    was calculated excluding the first and last values. Results: The results show that the mean visual reaction time is
    around 331 milliseconds as compared to the mean auditory reaction time of around 284 milliseconds. Conclusion: This
    shows that the auditory reaction time is faster than the visual reaction time. And also males have faster reaction times
    when compared to females for both auditory as well as visual stimuli.

    Keywords: Reaction Time, Auditory Stimuli, Visual Stimuli, Neuromuscular-Physiological Response, Auditory Cortex,
    Visual Cortex, Muscle Contraction

    1. Introduction reference [4] also confirms that visual reaction time is


    faster than auditory reaction time during or after exercise.
    Reaction time (RT) is the elapsed time between the There are various factors that affect the reaction time to a
    presentation of a sensory stimulus and the subsequent stimulus. Factors like intensity and duration of the
    behavioral response. Simple reaction time is usually de- stimulus, age and gender of the participant, effect of prac-
    fined as the time required for an observer to detect the tice can affect the reaction time of an individual to a par-
    presence of a stimulus. It is a physical skill closely related ticular stimulus. For example, there are relative differ-
    to human performance. It represents the level of neuro-
    ences between the reaction time to visual and auditory
    muscular coordination in which the body through differ-
    stimuli between genders. Male athletes tend to be faster
    ent physical, chemical and mechanical processes decodes
    than their female counterparts in responding to different
    visual or auditory stimuli which travel via afferent path-
    stimuli. Researches done by Engel, reference [5], show
    ways and reach the brain as sensory stimuli.
    the reaction time to sound to be faster in males when
    Simple reaction time can be determined when an
    compared to females. Studies done by Dane et al.,
    individual is asked to press a button as soon as a light or
    reference [6], show the difference in reaction time in eye-
    sound appears.Research done by Pain & Hibbs, reference
    [1], shows that simple auditory reaction time has the hand reaction time among male and female handball
    fastest reaction time for any given stimulus. A study players.
    done by Thompson et al., reference [2] has documented The purpose of this study was to find out whether the
    that the mean reaction time to detect visual stimuli is simple reaction time was faster for auditory or visual sti-
    approximately 180 to 200 milliseconds, whereas for mulus and the factors responsible for improving the per-
    sound it is around 140-160 milliseconds. On the other formance of the athlete.
    hand, there are also researches done by Yagi et al., 2. Methodology
    reference [3], that show that reaction time to visual stimuli
    is faster than to auditory stimuli. Research by Verleger, 14 subjects were randomly divided into groups consisting

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