title: Influence of handedness on the visual and auditory reaction time.
abstract: Visual Reaction Time (VRT) and Auditory Reaction Time (ART) were measured in right-handed and left-handed human volunteers, using an Electronic Response Timer Unit. The study demonstrated that a group of left-handed women reacted faster (P < 0.05) with their left hand to an auditory stimulus than their counterpart using their right hand. VRT did not show any significant change within, and between, the groups and was not influenced by sex or age. The observed differences in ART may be due to central phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sathiamoorthy
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sathiamoorthy
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hiremath
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*