A free, easy-to-use, computer-based simple and four-choice reaction time programme: The Deary-Liewald reaction time task

被引：194

作者：

Deary, Ian J. ^{[1
]}

Liewald, David ^{[1
]}

Nissan, Jack ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Dept Psychol, Ctr Cognit Ageing & Cognit Epidemiol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland

来源：

BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS | 2011年 / 43卷 / 01期

基金：

英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会; 英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

Reaction time; Ageing; Intelligence; Processing speed; Psychometric testing; LIFE-STYLE SURVEY; AGE; COGNITION; HEALTH; SPEED;

D O I：

10.3758/s13428-010-0024-1

中图分类号：

B841 [心理学研究方法];

学科分类号：

040201 ;

摘要：

Reaction time tasks are used widely in basic and applied psychology. There is a need for an easy-to-use, freely available programme that can run simple and choice reaction time tasks with no special software. We report the development of, and make available, the Deary-Liewald reaction time task. It is initially tested here on 150 participants, aged from 18 to 80, alongside another widely used reaction time device and tests of fluid and crystallised intelligence and processing speed. The new task's parameters perform as expected with respect to age and intelligence differences. The new task's parameters are reliable, and have very high correlations with the existing task. We also provide instructions for downloading and using the new reaction time programme, and we encourage other researchers to use it.

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页码：258 / 268

页数：11

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