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information entity > measure > chronometry > reaction time

Preferred term

reaction time  

Definition

  • Time elapsed between the onset of the stimulus and the onset of the response to that stimulus.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • response latency
  • response time

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Donders, F. C. (1868/1969). On the speed of mental processes. Acta Psychologica, 30, 412–431. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(69)90065-1

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Donders, F.C. (1868/2001). La vitesse des actes psychiques. Psychologie et Histoire, 2, 188-204. https://sites.google.com/site/psychologieethistoire/DONDERS.HTM

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Yamaguchi, M., & Schweickert, R. (2019). Response time measure in memory research. In H. Otani & B. L. Schwartz (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in human memory (p. 67–83). Routledge.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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