Reaction Times to Audio and Visual Stimuli

Description

Data from an experiment on reaction times to audio or visual stimuli by Oberlin College students.

Format

A data frame with 72 observations on the following 4 variables.

Subject

SubjectIDs coded s1 to s36

ResponseTime

Time to respond to a stimulus (in ms)

Stimulus

Type of stimulus (auditory or visual)

Group

Musician or NonMusician

Details

Subjects in a reaction time study were asked to press a button as fast as possible after being exposed to either an auditory stimulus (a burst of white noise) or a visual stimulus (a circle flashing on a computer screen). Average reaction times (ms) were recorded for between 10 and 20 trials for each type of stimulus for each subject. Data also identifies which subjects are musicians.

Source

Arjuna Pettit, Jr. and Jeremy Potterfield at Oberlin College