Kinesiology 1080A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mental Chronometry

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1080A/B
• Professor: Gillen

Document Summary

Article: effects of a startle stimulus on response speed an inhibition in a go/ no-go task: washington & t. blumenthal. Focus on these points not the other details. If something isn"t mentioned it"s not that important. If you have an intense stimulus (startle) and it is presented before, concurrently and after target stimulus the reaction time will decrease: before and after immediately after. Reaction time decreases = faster reaction time. Study 1 effect of the startle on performance. Study 2 effect of the pre-pulse on the startle and its influence. Don"t need to know the details of the other studies that are. Don"t need to know the details of the participants. Don"t need to know how they get their statistics. Visual stimulus: greed/ red circle don"t need to know the specific locations. Startle stimulus 50 ms auditory noise. Pre-pulse (study 2): 50 ms low auditory tone lower than the startle low means not as loud.