Did the Victorians have faster reactions?
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Did the Victorians have faster reactions?
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Re: Did the Victorians have faster reactions?
#2Url changed from https://kottke.org/18/07/the-reaction-time-problem, which points to this.
Re: Did the Victorians have faster reactions?
#3Interesting, and perhaps indicative of different environmental conditions now?
I wonder if there's a toxicological or immunological explanation, or whether it's simply due to differing recreational and activity choices.
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#4Does anyone have access to the paper referenced in the quote about the measurement inaccuracy "deemed unlikely"? I'm calling B.S. unless they can quantify that bold claim
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#5Interview with the author of that paper: https://youtu.be/7XAzSfqrzPg
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#6Does anyone have access to the paper referenced in the quote about the measurement inaccuracy "deemed unlikely"? I'm calling B.S. unless they can quantify that bold claim
Use sci-hub.tw
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#7people are taller and signals travel through nerves at the same rate
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#8people are taller and signals travel through nerves at the same rate
There was a study that included height into equation and found no correlation.
https://mindhacks.com/2018/04/03/did-the-victorians-have-fas...
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#9Nobody between 1890 and 1989 produced a reliable assesment of reaction times? Really?
Re: Did the Victorians have faster reactions?
#10The Victorians.
Kind of an artificial make-believe people set.
Better to suppose "some" and not generalize for the universe of all possible people.
Furthermore, nowhere is the process of measurement, or quality measured, noted. Is it simple reflex tests (tapping the knee with a small rubber mallet) or something else?