A comparative study of visual and auditory reaction times on the basis of gender and physical activity levels of medical first year students

lightning_palm · 2021-12-31T08:37:50+00:00

The ART [auditory reaction time] is faster than the VRT [visual reaction time] in medical students. Furthermore, male medical students have faster RTs [reaction times] compared to female medical students for both auditory as well as visual stimuli. Regularly exercising medical students have faster RTs [reaction times] when compared with medical students with sedentary lifestyles.

Gender

A review of the literature on the influence of gender on RT shows that in almost every age group, males have faster RTs as compared to females, and female disadvantage is not reduced by practice.[13,14,15] Researches done by Misra et al.[16] also showed that males responded faster than females. Study done by Shelton and Kumar,[11] Nikam and Gadkari[17] also reported similar findings to support females have longer RTs than males. The results of our study [Table 2a] agree with these studies and indicate that male medical students have faster RTs when compared to female medical students for both auditory, as well as visual stimuli. In our study when sedentary male and female medical students [Table 2b] were compared removing any confounding factors, RTs of male students were faster; thereby further supporting the evidence that males have faster RTs than females.

The male-female difference is due to the lag between the presentation of the stimulus and the beginning of muscle contraction. It is documented in the literature that the muscle contraction time is the same for males and females[18] and motor responses in males are comparatively stronger than females,[19] this explains why males have faster simple RTs for both auditory as well as visual stimuli. Nowadays the male advantage is getting smaller, possibly because more women are participating in driving and fast-action sports.[19] This is evident from Table 2c in which nonsignificant differences were obtained when regularly exercising male and female medical students were compared.

Title	A comparative study of visual and auditory reaction times on the basis of gender and physical activity levels of medical first year students
Author	lightning_palm
Upvotes	3
Comments	3
Date	December 31, 2021 8:37 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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