Reaction time test

[Kyriakos]

http://secretsyourbrainhides.org/PTapplication.html

A simple test, about reaction time to stimulus (takes 1 second to complete).

Should be noted that this is only checking for speed of reaction, nothing more.

My best result was 141, after taking the test 10 times. Though I didn't press the button that fast (was aware of time passing between observing the stimulus and pressing the button).

Average times can also be read in the link

 

[H4run]

Currently with my phone, cannot tap the golden button

 

[Kyriakos]

After a few more attempts I got a 126.
On average it seems that (now that I am aware of what the test is and am anticipating) I am around 150-155.

For comparison, first time I took the test I got a 230 something.

 

[H4run]

So lesser means better score?

 

[Kyriakos]

So lesser means better score?

Yes. 126= 1/8 of a second

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Apparently I can't see the thing I'm supposed to see.

 

[AmazonQueen]

Apparently I can't see the thing I'm supposed to see.

Me neither. I'm not particularly observant but I think I'd spot a flashing magenta pentagon if there was one.
Still to save time I'll assume I scored slower than everyone else.
I did when I did a similar test at school and I doubt the intervening 40 odd years have speeded my reactions any.

 

[Kyriakos]

It flashes just once. Generally it will flash roughly a second after you press the button (maybe your screen color setting makes it difficult to see)

 

[Synobun]

Nothing shows up at all for me.

 

[H4run]

Either I double click that yellow dot, or I wait anything to happened until it's already 6000 something millisecond and nothing show up yet. Man if you want to test your reaction time, playing the old time crisis will be better

 

[Kyriakos]

So I win by default ^_^

Best kind of win, really.

Maybe try logging to that page from the main link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/int.../201605/take-the-one-second-intelligence-test

 

[Truthy]

It's easier to wait for the 0 to start counting up, and click as soon as that happens, than it is to try to see the pentagon. I tried a few times and averaged somewhere in the high 200s.

 

[Kyriakos]

It's easier to wait for the 0 to start counting up, and click as soon as that happens, than it is to try to see the pentagon. I tried a few times and averaged somewhere in the high 200s.

They should be concurrent, yes

 

[Truthy]

You don't say

 

[Kyriakos]

You don't say

It is to be inferred that they aren't technically concurrent... First the shape flashes, then when it fades out the count starts.

 

[Truthy]

Ok ok. My post was because people were saying they can't see the pentagon. So I was trying to suggest something they could see instead.

 

[Akka]

First test took me by surprise, so I got 209.
Second test 126.
Third 90.
Fourth 93.
Fifth I accidentally clicked out of twitching, but I got lucky and it just flashed so I got 9
Sixth 108.
Seventh 90.
Eighth 84.
Ninth 8 (I suppose I got the twiching finger again).
Tenth 104.

I guess my average is about 90-100 ms.

 

[Kyriakos]

Fifth I accidentally clicked out of twitching, but I got lucky and it just flashed so I got 9
Ninth 8 (I suppose I got the twithing again).

If you check the methodology it takes more time for the deep mind to pick up the signal, which then is followed by time to click. Chance results like that do happen, if you click without seeing the signal first and it just happens that the process starts as you click.

 

[Akka]

If you check the methodology it takes more time for the deep mind to pick up the signal, which then is followed by time to click. Chance results like that do happen, if you click without seeing the signal first and it just happens that the process starts as you click.

The 9 ms is 100 % a twitching fluke, I definitely didn't intend to click at this moment.
The 8 ms is a bit of a borderline case, I think I actually intuitively acted on anticipating the moment where the flash would happen, as it's always in the same ballpark. It wasn't really conscious but it wasn't as accidental as the previous one.

 

[Kyriakos]

The 9 ms is 100 % a twitching fluke, I definitely didn't intend to click at this moment.
The 8 ms is a bit of a borderline case, I think I actually intuitively acted on anticipating the moment where the flash would happen, as it's always in the same ballpark. It wasn't really conscious but it wasn't as accidental as the previous one.

That is a strategy, yes. Although when I tried I only got to 20 something ^_^
For me the main problem is that a lot of time passes AFTER I see the signal, before the click happens. Maybe the mouse is to blame (I will go with that ^_^ )