Visual reaction-time versus action-time.
The reaction-time for movement was found to be around 150 ms and was compared with the time required to take action while two moving lines are on a collision course. Subjects were trained to either avoid or maximize collision. They did so accurately. The action-time was about one-third the reaction-time.
Campbell
F W
FW
Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK.
Artigas
J M
JM
Felipe
A
A
D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D009068:Movement; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*