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REACTION time is denned as the interval of time between a sensory (optic, acoustic, tactile, etc.) stimulus and the voluntary reaction of muscular contraction. The values of reaction time for a given sensory-motor reaction show the smallest variation when the subject is alertly expecting the sensory stimulus. Even so, there is considerable variation of reaction time between different subjects. Individual differences are of less interest, however, than the lowest value of reaction time obtainable in optimal circumstances if the minimum time of cortical integration for a sensory-motor reaction is to be studied. The time of cortical integration is obtained by subtracting the afferent and efferent conduction times from the reaction time1.
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HUFSCHMIDT, HJ., HUFSCHMIDT, T. Antagonist Inhibition as the Earliest Sign of a Sensory-Motor Reaction. Nature 174, 607 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174607a0
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