let's experiment ;)

Hey everyone! So this is blog number 2 for this week and its more of a video one since it's an experiment with our brain. So I'll upload the video and if that doesn't work, I'll upload the URL for it too :) So if y'all don't wanna actually listen to this I have the basic dialogue that goes with the video here below, but I hope y'all watch and enjoy! :) 

Start video:https://youtu.be/GICigIqvsyk

Hey guys! This is so and so and I chose the brain stimuli test for this week. Reaction time is a measure of the quickness a person or any living thing responds to some sort of stimulus. So most people thing that reflexes and reactions are the same, but really they aren’t, which maybe you knew that, but I sure as heck didn’t. Anyways so what makes them different is a reflex is involuntary and done in a blink of an eye without really thinking about it while a reaction is a choice for example if I threw something at you, you have the choice to either dodge it or catch it, which in this case makes it a reaction to whether or not you dodge it or catch it. So basically I’m going to test you on your reaction time with this brain stimulation test. I’m going to use this ruler and test your reaction with 3 different types of test: visual, auditory, and tactile. 

1. Visual Test

1. Subject one dangles dominant hand off the edge of a table.
2. Subject two holds a 30 centimeter (12-inch) ruler between two fingers at the 30 cm mark, having the 0 mark touching subject one’s index finger.
3. Subject two tells subject one to grab the ruler as fast as possible, when they SEE it being released.
4. Record the centimeter measurement.
5. Repeat this three times, for a total of four measurements

2. Auditory Test

1. Subject one is blindfolded before dangling dominant hand off the edge of a table.
2. Subject two holds a 30 centimeter (12-inch) ruler between two fingers at the 30 cm mark, having the 0 mark touching subject one’s index finger.
3. Subject two tells subject one to grab the ruler as fast as possible, when they HEAR the word “release” being said.
4. Subject two simultaneously says “release” and lets go of the ruler. Record the centimeter measurement.
5. Repeat this three times, for a total of four measurements

3. Tactile Test

1. Subject one is blindfolded before dangling dominant hand off the edge of a table.
2. Subject two holds a 30 centimeter (12-inch) ruler between two fingers at the 30 cm mark, having the 0 mark touching subject one’s index finger.
3. Subject two tells subject one to grab the ruler as fast as possible, when they FEEL their non-dominant shoulder being touched.
4. Subject two simultaneously touches the shoulder and lets go of the ruler. Record the centimeter measurement.
5. Repeat this three times, for a total of four measurements

So now that we have gotten this out of the way, I'm going to ask you some questions...

So with reaction times, do you think that yours was good or bad and why?

Do you think if you did this more often, that your times would improve or stay the same?

Do you think your reaction times effect your daily life and/or the people around you?

Alright, well that is all! Thanks for watching!!! :)

End video. 

xoxo, court ;)

Sources :)

Johnson, Virginia. “How Fast Your Brain Reacts To Stimuli.” Backyard Brains.com, 2009, backyardbrains.com/experiments/reactiontime.

“Reaction Times.” Reaction Times, pp. 1–4., www.radford.edu/jkell/Reaction%20Times.pdf.