title: Mathematical modelling of reaction latency: the structure of the models and its motivation.
abstract: The basic structural assumptions concerning the dynamic models of the reaction latency are presented. The linear dynamic stochastic model of the reaction latency is considered as a special case of dynamic model. The biological motivation for using these models are outlined. These models express the reaction latency as a first access time of the random threshold of a certain stochastic process. This approach was used in modelling the reaction latency in escape and avoidance experiments (the results will be presented in subsequent papers).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D008433:Mathematics; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*