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Reflex Lab

This document describes a response time lab experiment where students work in pairs to test their reaction times by dropping a ruler and recording how far it slides along a table before their partner stops it with their hand. They are asked to make predictions about whether the dominant hand, a particular gender or athletes will have faster reaction times and if results will improve over repeated trials.

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Reflex Lab

This document describes a response time lab experiment where students work in pairs to test their reaction times by dropping a ruler and recording how far it slides along a table before their partner stops it with their hand. They are asked to make predictions about whether the dominant hand, a particular gender or athletes will have faster reaction times and if results will improve over repeated trials.

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Response Time Lab!

How do neurons connect to produce movement?


Dendrites
Synapse

Cell body Axon

http://mybrainnotes.com/brain-cell-neuron.gif

How do you react to a stimuli?


Reflex versus conscious reaction

Images from:http://www.prokop.co.uk/Research/LAYMAN/4reflex-circuit.html

Lab set up:


Take turns! One partner sits with arm on edge of table Note starting location of ruler Drop ruler Note ending location Record in table Smallest distance gets candy!

Groups:
Students names will be organized into groups of two, with one group at each table set up

Predictions?
Which will be faster:
Dominant or nondominant hand? Boys or girls? Athletes or non athletes? Will it improve by trial number?

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