Abstract
Simple choice auditory reaction time plays a vital role in daily life including sports. The balanced reaction of both sides of the human helps in achieving the highest movement output. The purpose of the study is to compare simple reaction time between university sports and sedentary female students based on preferred and non-preferred hand. Subjects were selected from Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. They were bachelor and master students and were between 19-26 years old. There were 20 students in each group of sports and sedentary female students. Data was collected using the AVR machine. An average of 5 trials was calculated as the time score in millisecond. The result shows that in simple choice auditory reaction time of hands between sports and sedentary female students in the preferred hand, sport female mean = 18.25 ms and SD = 2.07 ms and sedentary female students’ mean = 20.45 ms and SD = 1.67 ms with t(0.05)(38)= -3.695 and p = 0.001.On the other hand, in the non-preferred hand Sport female mean = 20.20 ms and SD = 1.80 ms, and Sedentary female mean = 21.70 ms and SD = 0.98 ms with t(0.05)(38) = -3.382 and p= 0.002. Moreover, in the simple choice auditory reaction time between the preferred and non-preferred hand of sports and sedentary female players’ preferred hand mean = 19.35 ms and SD = 2.167 ms, and non-preferred hand mean = 20.35 ms and SD = 1.616 ms, t(0.05)(39) = -5.639 and p= 0.00. So it is concluded that University sports female students are superior to sedentary female students in simple choice auditory reaction time in both the hands. Further, University female students’ preferred hand is faster in simple choice auditory reaction time than that of non-preferred hand.
Highlights
Reaction time is “the interval between stimulation and response” [1]
Chandra confirmed that at rest, difference in reaction time is insignificant in preferred and non-preferred hands but it is significant while exercise was performed at elevated temperatures [7]
In the non-preferred hand Sport female mean = 20.20 ms and SD = 1.80 ms, and Sedentary female mean = 21.70 ms and SD = 0.98 ms with t(0.05)(38) = -3.382 and p= 0.002 is statistically significant as tabulated value of t (0.05) (38) = 2.024 & p ≤ 0.05
Summary
Reaction time is “the interval between stimulation and response” [1]. Collins dictionary [2] suggests that in psychology it is termed as “the lapse of time between stimulation and the beginning of the response.” Deary [3] notated that since the middle of the nineteenth century reaction time has been a favorite topic of experimental psychologists. Collins dictionary [2] suggests that in psychology it is termed as “the lapse of time between stimulation and the beginning of the response.”. According to Dana [5], reactiontime increases with response complexity. Simple response reaction time: only one stimulus available in it and in its appearance one needs to respond. In the choice response reaction time: multiple numbers of stimuli are there and every stimulus needs a different response. Selection reaction time: there are different stimuli but only one needs to respond to one stimulus. Shelton [9] noted that the mean auditory reaction time is approximately 284 milliseconds and faster than the visual reaction time; further, males have faster reaction times in comparison to females in both auditory and visual stimuli.
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