Simple reaction time as a function of preparation for a subsequent choice reaction time task

Simple reaction time as a function of time uncertainty.

An earlier study (3) showed that simple reaction time (RT) varies 'with S's uncertainty about time of stimulus occurrence. This time uncertainty is a function of both the mean duration of the time (foreperiod) between a warning signal and the stimulus and the variability within the series of foreperiods. Foreperiod variability adds uncertainty directly and mean foreperiod is important since S's...

A free, easy-to-use, computer-based simple and four-choice reaction time programme: the Deary-Liewald reaction time task.

Reaction time tasks are used widely in basic and applied psychology. There is a need for an easy-to-use, freely available programme that can run simple and choice reaction time tasks with no special software. We report the development of, and make available, the Deary-Liewald reaction time task. It is initially tested here on 150 participants, aged from 18 to 80, alongside another widely used r...

Predicting Fluid Intelligence by Components of Reaction Time Distributions from Simple Choice Reaction Time Tasks

Mean reaction times (RT) and the intra-subject variability of RT in simple RT tasks have been shown to predict higher-order cognitive abilities measured with psychometric intelligence tests. To further explore this relationship and to examine its generalizability to a sub-adult-aged sample, we administered different choice RT tasks and Cattell’s Culture Fair Intelligence Test (CFT 20-R) to n = ...

Time-Varying Monetary Policy Reaction Function: The Case of Iran

Paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation during preparation for simple and choice reaction time tasks.

Motor preparation for execution of both simple and choice reaction time tasks (SRT and CRT) involves enhancement of corticospinal excitability (CE). However, motor preparation also implies changes in inhibitory control that have thus far been much less studied. Short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) has been shown to decrease before CE increases. Therefore we reasoned that, if SICI cont...