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Definition of 'Reaction Time'

The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed.

Common names: Reaction Time; Reaction Times; Time, Reaction; Times, Reaction; Response Time; Response Times; Time, Response; Times, Response; Response Latency; Latencies, Response; Latency, Response; Response Latencies

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The negative compatibility effect with nonmasking flankers: a case for mask-triggered inhibition hypothesis.

Sep 2008 Visual targets which follow a prime stimulus and a mask can be identified faster when they are incompatible rather than compatible with the prime (negative compatibility effect--NCE). According to the self-inhibition... Read more...


Limited transfer of subliminal response priming to novel stimulus orientations and identities.

Sep 2008 Recently, priming effects of unconscious stimuli that were never presented as targets have been taken as evidence for the processing of the stimuli's semantic categories. The present study explored the necessary... Read more...


Modification of response time variability in a decision-making task.

27 Aug 2008 Previous single-unit recordings in monkeys showed that essential information regarding a decision is available earlier to posterior parietal cortex than expected based on simultaneously measured behavioral response... Read more...

  

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Technical information about 'Reaction Time'

Definition: The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed.

Descriptor UI: D011930

Alternative terms: Reaction Time; Reaction Times; Time, Reaction; Times, Reaction; Response Time; Response Times; Time, Response; Times, Response; Response Latency; Latencies, Response; Latency, Response; Response Latencies;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.830.650; F04.669.817; G11.561.525.677;

Online Note: use REACTION TIME to search RESPONSE LATENCY 1970-76

History Note: RESPONSE LATENCY was see under REACTION TIME 1970-76

Technical Notes: physiol processes only

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