A novel device to measure tactile reaction time

  • Dr. Raveendra Singh Rajpoot Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, UPRIMS&R, Saifai, Etawah, UP, India
  • Dr Stuti Tandon Junior Resident, Department of Anatomy, KGMU, Lucknow, UP, India
  • Dr. Pradeep kumar Professor, Department of Physiology, KGMU, Lucknow, UP, India
  • Dr Kailash Mittal Assistant Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, UPRIMS & R, Etawah, UP, India
  • Dr. Sankalp Awasthi Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, UPRIMS&R, Etawah, UP, India
  • Dr. Ajai Gupta Demonstrator, Department of Biochemistry, UPRIMS&R, Etawah, Up, India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i11.235
Keywords: Reaction Time, Tactile, Mental Chronometry

Abstract

Introduction: Reaction Time has been widely used as one of the measures of mental chronometry since very long. Most of the work has been done with visual and auditory reaction time. Till now reaction time has never been measured by giving tactile stimuli. Hence we have designed a new device to provide different tactile stimuli and to simultaneously measure the time taken by the subject to respond to it. Probably for the first time in the history of mental chronometry Tactile Choice Reaction Time has been compared between males and females.

Methods and Materials: The study was conducted among 53 male and 34 female healthy subjects who were between the age group of 18- 24 years. A new instrument has been designed by the author of this article to deliver tactile stimuli on the skin of the subject and to measure the reaction time for that particular sensory modality.

Result: All the reaction times were found to be significantly faster in males than in females except for fine touch. For fine touch although the RT is faster in males but the difference is not statistically significant.

Conclusion: Present study has reconfirmed the gender differences in case of tactile choice reaction time also. It is going to be really interesting with the use of this new device to find out the relationship of various Tactile Choice Reaction Times with these conditions.

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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i11.235
Published: 2015-12-31
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Singh Rajpoot R, Tandon S, kumar P, Mittal K, Awasthi S, Gupta A. A novel device to measure tactile reaction time. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2015Dec.31 [cited 2024Apr.24];3(11):1294-9. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/409
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