Auditory vs Visual reaction times
Auditory vs Visual reaction times
My auditory reaction time, in average, is 120ms but the visual reaction time is 200ms. Is this a big difference between them and is this normal?
When I am doing the auditory reaction time test I don't feel any laggage from my side or maybe just a little bit, but on the visual reaction time test I feel that there is a big lagg between two events - the flashing green dot and my mouse clicking :/ .
When I am doing the auditory reaction time test I don't feel any laggage from my side or maybe just a little bit, but on the visual reaction time test I feel that there is a big lagg between two events - the flashing green dot and my mouse clicking :/ .
DevX | 11 months ago
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Copying my own (?) post from http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/31688 :-)
http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/4939 :
"The auditory reaction time test is a bit tricky though, because the timing of sound playing syncs up differently on the different systems I tested. I have a Linux system that has up to a 300 ms lag between the timer starting and the sound playing. There is some correction code for this that artificially reduces the reported times, so these numbers are skewed, and are for reference only. They are also not used in creating the profile chart."
And I'd like to add this:
"You are right. 59 ms is most definitely an impossible speed. Anything below 150 ms is probably a fluke."
http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/4939 :
"The auditory reaction time test is a bit tricky though, because the timing of sound playing syncs up differently on the different systems I tested. I have a Linux system that has up to a 300 ms lag between the timer starting and the sound playing. There is some correction code for this that artificially reduces the reported times, so these numbers are skewed, and are for reference only. They are also not used in creating the profile chart."
And I'd like to add this:
"You are right. 59 ms is most definitely an impossible speed. Anything below 150 ms is probably a fluke."
? | 11 months ago
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sorry I hadn't seen your post :0
"You are right. 59 ms is most definitely an impossible speed. Anything below 150 ms is probably a fluke."
really ?!?!?! I don't think so :) because I'am having from time to time VRTs of 140ms and almost all of my ARTs are
"You are right. 59 ms is most definitely an impossible speed. Anything below 150 ms is probably a fluke."
really ?!?!?! I don't think so :) because I'am having from time to time VRTs of 140ms and almost all of my ARTs are
DevX | 11 months ago
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DevX | 11 months ago
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sorry I hadn't seen your post :0
"You are right. 59 ms is most definitely an impossible speed. Anything below 150 ms is probably a fluke."
really ?!?!?! I don't think so :) because I'am having from time to time VRTs of 140ms and almost all of my ARTs are less than 130ms (mostly from 37ms to 64ms recently :)) on windows and mac os x !
"You are right. 59 ms is most definitely an impossible speed. Anything below 150 ms is probably a fluke."
really ?!?!?! I don't think so :) because I'am having from time to time VRTs of 140ms and almost all of my ARTs are less than 130ms (mostly from 37ms to 64ms recently :)) on windows and mac os x !
DevX | 11 months ago
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sorry for posting multiple times I've just discovered that the "Less Than" sign is Causing the text not being posted any farther :(
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The brain's wiring. Your auditory processing centers typically are closer than your visual processing centers to your motor control centers.
? | 11 months ago
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That's an interesting idea :) but it's not that easy! you know I feel the audio signal right away! I mean I realize it vary fast (my resent ART is
DevX | 11 months ago
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That's an interesting idea :) but it's not that easy! you know I feel the audio signal right away! I mean I realize it vary fast (my resent ART is 46ms and my VRT is 210ms (both on the same PC on the same OS (OS X Lion)) but with the VRT test I feel the time passing while I am processing the visual signal.
I think that my visual neural network is much more complex and requires more time to process/validate a piece of information than my auditory neural network.I am more visually thinking person than auditory/verbally, I have a very good visual memory (nearly photographic). My hand-eye coordination is very good (I play Warsow - very fast paced FPS game and I am not bad at it at all :) ). So maybe this diference in complexity of wiring in addition to it's physical location is causing the diference in speed!
But what I am really interested in is what diferences in these two Reaction times do other people have! please write down your VRT and ART in these thread!
I think that my visual neural network is much more complex and requires more time to process/validate a piece of information than my auditory neural network.I am more visually thinking person than auditory/verbally, I have a very good visual memory (nearly photographic). My hand-eye coordination is very good (I play Warsow - very fast paced FPS game and I am not bad at it at all :) ). So maybe this diference in complexity of wiring in addition to it's physical location is causing the diference in speed!
But what I am really interested in is what diferences in these two Reaction times do other people have! please write down your VRT and ART in these thread!
DevX | 11 months ago
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