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What is the fastest human reaction time?
around 0.15 s
The fastest possible conscious human reactions are around 0.15 s, but most are around 0.2 s. Unconscious, or reflex, actions are much faster, around 0.08 s because the signal doesn’t have to go via the brain.
What is the fastest reflex ever recorded?
Recently, fast reflex responses of skipper but- terflies (Hesperiidae) to the photographic flash were reported and were found to be among the fastest ever recorded (<17 ms)—comparable to the fastest reflexes of the vertebrates (Sourakov 2009).
Who has the fastest reaction in the world?
Ingenious experiment reveals that fruit flies have the fastest reaction times of all. Reaction time is the period between a sensory stimulus and the subsequent behavioural response. In humans, the fastest reaction time is about 100 milliseconds or 0 .
Is 100ms reaction time possible?
A number of studies have shown that total response times faster than 100 ms are indeed possible [3, 5, 4]. Pain and Hibbs [3] for example found that one of the nine athletes had an average reaction time of 87 ms with a standard deviation of 4 ms, after two probably false starts were removed from the data analysis.
What is the average reaction time for a 13 year old?
Average reaction time, by age and dominant hand
| Age (years) | Right-handed | Left-handed |
|---|---|---|
| seconds | ||
| 12 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 13 | 0.48 | 0.49 |
| 14 | 0.46 | 0.44 |
What is the average reaction time for a 15 year old?
Average reaction time, by age and dominant hand
| Age (years) | Right-handed | Left-handed |
|---|---|---|
| seconds | ||
| 14 | 0.46 | 0.44 |
| 15 | 0.48 | 0.53 |
| 16 | 0.47 | 0.47 |
What is the speed of a reaction?
The rate of a reaction is the speed at which a chemical reaction happens. If a reaction has a low rate, that means the molecules combine at a slower speed than a reaction with a high rate. Some reactions take hundreds, maybe even thousands, of years while others can happen in less than one second.
What is reaction time test?
Reaction time testing assesses a person’s quickness to react to a stimulus (see more about reaction time).
What is reaction speed?
The reaction rate or rate of reaction is the speed at which reactants are converted into products. For example, the oxidative rusting of iron under Earth’s atmosphere is a slow reaction that can take many years, but the combustion of cellulose in a fire is a reaction that takes place in fractions of a second.
What is a human reaction?
Human reaction time is divided into three phases: the time for the nerve impulses to pass from the receptor to the cerebral cortex; the time needed to process the nerve impulses and organize a responding reaction in the central nervous system; and the time of the organism’s responding action.