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Human Reflexes and Response TimesAuditory and Visual Cues
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Reflex• Any response that occurs
automatically without conscious effort.
• Two Types: – Simple or basic: built –in,
unlearned responses.– Acquired or conditioned: result
of practice and learning.
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Reflex Arc:
Stimulus Receptor Integration Center
EffectorsResponse
Afferent pathway CNS
Sensory neurons
Efferent pathway
Motor neurons
Muscle or gland
Reflex is predictable because the pathway
between the receptor and effector is always the same.
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Receptor Afferen
t pathway
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Reaction Times• College age men:– 190 ms auditory– 160 ms visual
• Why ?– Auditory stimulus takes 8-10 ms to
reach brain. Visual takes 20-40 msec.
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Factors Influencing Reaction Time
• Stimulus Strength • Arousal• Age • Gender• Direct vs.
Peripheral Vision
• Fatigue• Alcohol• Distractions• Breathing Cycle• Intelligence
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Today’s lab• Lab should be done by EACH
member of the group as a subject. • We will not compare class values, so
ignore that part in labscribe questions.
• Just compare within your own group.
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Homework• Answer ALL questions
from labscribe assignment.
• Write a methods section for a scientific paper. Do NOT copy word for word from labscribe. Write them in your own words.
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Methods
• Should describe what was done so that someone who is not in this class could repeat the experiment.
• Do not give grave detail regarding the operation of labscribe.
• Include information regarding the way data were collected and what analyses of those data you did (mean, standard error of the mean, comparisons).