Distraction Reaction

Presentation Type

Poster/Portfolio

Presenter Major(s)

Accounting, Business Economics, International Business, Marketing, Psychology, Management

Mentor Information

Bradley Ambrose, ambroseb@gvsu.edu; James Scott, scottj@gvsu.edu

Department

Physics, Movement Science

Location

Henry Hall Atrium 8

Start Date

13-4-2011 9:00 AM

End Date

13-4-2011 10:00 AM

Keywords

Life Science

Abstract

The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect various auditory distractions had on reaction time to a change in visual stimuli. According to past studies it was expected that the results would show that auditory distractions increase reaction time. Subjects were volunteers that were filtered to only include nineteen- and twenty-year-olds. The subjects were randomly assigned into groups. All of the groups experienced all of the different auditory distractions (metronome click, solid tone, verbal distraction) in differing orders during the reaction test. A computer reaction timer program was used for assessment of reaction times from a visual stimulus. A t-test was used to discover if there was a significant difference among the mean reaction times for subjects while exposed to different auditory distractions. It was expected that the results would have implications for reaction based activities and distracting learning environments.

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Distraction Reaction

Henry Hall Atrium 8

The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect various auditory distractions had on reaction time to a change in visual stimuli. According to past studies it was expected that the results would show that auditory distractions increase reaction time. Subjects were volunteers that were filtered to only include nineteen- and twenty-year-olds. The subjects were randomly assigned into groups. All of the groups experienced all of the different auditory distractions (metronome click, solid tone, verbal distraction) in differing orders during the reaction test. A computer reaction timer program was used for assessment of reaction times from a visual stimulus. A t-test was used to discover if there was a significant difference among the mean reaction times for subjects while exposed to different auditory distractions. It was expected that the results would have implications for reaction based activities and distracting learning environments.