Temporal Concept
reaction time
re·ac·tion time
Subclass of:
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena;
Psychological Techniques;
Psychophysiology
Definitions related to reaction time:
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The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(psychomotor reaction time) Time from the onset of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) stimulus until a motor activity response is observed.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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