Answer:
Many factors have been shown to affect reaction times, including age, gender, physical fitness, fatigue, distraction, alcohol, personality type, and whether the stimulus is auditory or visual. Sensory neurons convert a stimulus into an electro-chemical signal, which flows the length of the
sensory neuron(s), then through a neuron or neurons of the central nervous system, and then
through the length of the motor neuron(s). Generally, motor neurons will cause a muscle to
contract or a gland to secrete a substance. Reactions that involve only the receptor, the spinal
cord, and the effector, are faster than those which involve processing in the brain. Reactions
which only travel to, through, and from the spinal cord are often called spinal reflexes or cordmediated reflexes; withdrawing one’s hand from a hot stove is an example of such a reflex.
In ‘simple reaction time’ experiments, there is only one stimulus and one response. Catching a
dropped stick, or hitting a button when a light changes are examples.
In ‘recognition reaction time’ experiments, there are symbols to respond to and symbols to be
ignored. There is still only one correct stimulus and one response. An example would be
catching a dropped stick with a word cue, while having to ignore other spoken words which are
not cues.
In ‘choice reaction time’ experiments, there are multiple stimuli and multiple responses. The
reaction must correspond to the correct stimulus. Typing a letter which matches a printed letter
prompt is an example of this type of experiment.
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