Decomposition into Decision and Residual Latencies
Decomposition into Decision and Residual Latencies
This chapter discusses simple reaction times, focusing on one of the main difficulties in these experiments: what one observes is not only the time spent carrying out the mental processes involved in apprehending the signal, but also all of the times it takes to provide information about the nervous system and to affect a response. These often constitute a major fraction of the observed time and serve only to mask the decision process, which is the subject of all the models considered. Topics covered include independent, additive latencies; specific assumptions; and manipulation of stages.
Keywords: simple reaction time, mental processes, signal, nervous system, residual latency, variables
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