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Chapter 14. Reaction time

  • Julio Santiago de Torres , Purificación Meseguer Cutillas and Javier Valenzuela

Abstract

Reaction time is the time it takes for a person to respond to a stimulus. Reaction time has proven useful in assessing aspects such as processing speed or coordination and is widely used in disciplines such as cognitive psychology or neuroscience. This chapter gives an overview of the history of the method and covers its main contributions to different fields, with a special focus on CTIS. It will also address conceptual, ethical, and methodological issues, in an attempt to provide the reader with the necessary keys to understand its potential and applications in research.

Abstract

Reaction time is the time it takes for a person to respond to a stimulus. Reaction time has proven useful in assessing aspects such as processing speed or coordination and is widely used in disciplines such as cognitive psychology or neuroscience. This chapter gives an overview of the history of the method and covers its main contributions to different fields, with a special focus on CTIS. It will also address conceptual, ethical, and methodological issues, in an attempt to provide the reader with the necessary keys to understand its potential and applications in research.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acronyms vii
  4. List of contributors xiii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Participant profiling 21
  7. Chapter 2. Designing studies with naturalistic tasks 49
  8. Chapter 3. Surveys and interviews 69
  9. Chapter 4. Cued retrospection 92
  10. Chapter 5. Observations and diaries 108
  11. Chapter 6. Screen recording 133
  12. Chapter 7. Keylogging 157
  13. Chapter 8. Speech recording 183
  14. Chapter 9. Screen eyetracking 213
  15. Chapter 10. Dynamic eyetracking 235
  16. Chapter 11. Psychophysiological methods 256
  17. Chapter 12. Electroencephalography 279
  18. Chapter 13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 304
  19. Chapter 14. Reaction time 324
  20. Index 347
Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies
This chapter is in the book Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies
https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.10.14san

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acronyms vii
  4. List of contributors xiii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Participant profiling 21
  7. Chapter 2. Designing studies with naturalistic tasks 49
  8. Chapter 3. Surveys and interviews 69
  9. Chapter 4. Cued retrospection 92
  10. Chapter 5. Observations and diaries 108
  11. Chapter 6. Screen recording 133
  12. Chapter 7. Keylogging 157
  13. Chapter 8. Speech recording 183
  14. Chapter 9. Screen eyetracking 213
  15. Chapter 10. Dynamic eyetracking 235
  16. Chapter 11. Psychophysiological methods 256
  17. Chapter 12. Electroencephalography 279
  18. Chapter 13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 304
  19. Chapter 14. Reaction time 324
  20. Index 347
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