Title: simple reaction time test
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - simple reaction time test
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12076
Status: current

Definition
Procedure to assess psychomotor speed in which a test subject is presented at irregular intervals with a visual stimulus, such as a coloured dot on a screen, and is asked to press a button immediately after noticing the stimulus.

Notes
1) Premature or untimely late reactions should be minimized during an initial practise phase.
2) Many variations of the test exist.

Related Term
- neurobehavior core test battery: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11925

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 905 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'simple reaction time test' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12076
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