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Database: PsycINFO
[ Journal Article ]
Factors affecting reaction-time testing and the interpretation of results.
Taimela, Simo
Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol 73(3, Pt 2), Dec 1991, 1195-1202. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/PMS.73.8.1195-1202

Abstract

  1. Examined S-related and testing-related factors that might affect visual reaction time (RT) testing and the interpretation of the results. Simple RT and choice RT were measured in 893 male Finnish army recruits (aged 17–29 yrs). A defect in color vision was significantly associated with slow choice RT and with mistakes on the test. Low IQs were significantly related with slow RTs. Lower grades and greater variation in RTs were recorded just before meals or if testing was done outside the daily testing schedule. The examiner supervising the RT testing significantly affected the results. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)