COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SIMPLE AND CHOICE VISUAL REACTION TIME ON MEDICAL STUDENTS OF BHAVNAGAR REGION

Abstract

Reaction is a purposeful voluntary response to stimulus. There is certain time period between application of stimulus and appropriate motor response. Reaction time is one of the important physiological parameter which gives information how fast and quickly person responses. The measurement of visual reaction time has been used to evaluate the processing speed of Central Nervous System and the co-ordination between the sensory and motor systems. Aim of the present study is to compare the simple and choice visual reaction time. Present study was carried out of 50 male medical students of Govt. Medical College, Bhavnagar. Study was done under three module. In first module detail medical history of subject were taken, in second module simple and choice visual reaction time of subjects was measured using reaction time instrument and in third module statical analysis was done by paired ‘t’ test. From the study it was concluded that simple reaction time is shorter than choice reaction time.