Reaction Time and Academic Performance: An Association to Determine The Cognitive Status of First Year Medical Students

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dc.contributor.authorRaj, prabhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Mahimaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKacker, Sudhanshuen_US
dc.contributor.authorTomar, Anamikaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:25:36Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:25:36Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractBackground: Reaction time a pshychomotor test is widelyused in cognitive neuroscience. cognitive functions of humanbrain includes eg. attention, perception, memory, intelligencyetc., all these affect the academics performance, learning,mental processing and motor performance. Reaction time asimple test can measures the time of mental informationprocessing and motor response to it .The mental processingtime is a main factor to affect the academics performance.Aim: To find the relation between audio-visual reaction timeand academic performance for assessing the cognitive statusof first year medical students.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study wasconducted in the Department of Physiology, RUHS College ofMedical Sciences, Jaipur from January 2018 to March 2018. Atotal of 64 first year MBBS healthy medical students of agegroup 18-20 years were enrolled in this study (males-36,females-28). The test was performed on Audio Visual ReactionTime (AVRT) machine of Medisystems by pressing the switchas soon as she/he saw the light for VRT or heard the sound forART. Measurement of academic performance was assessedby their performance in the first MBBS university exam.Students with a history of hearing or visual disorder wereexcluded from the study. The Reaction time for both visual andauditory and academic performance was compared betweenthe two groups and correlated the audio-visual reaction timewith the academic performance in both male and females.Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS softwareversion 20.Results: The VRT is (0.71ms) faster than ART (1.63ms). TheRT was not significantly difference in males when compared tofemales and academic performance was significantly more infemales 393.11±40.93 compared to male 368.56±28.87 withp=0.003 and there was a non-significant, weak negativecorrelation of the RT with the academic performance with VRT(r = −0.040, P = 0.75) and ART (r = −0.071, P = 0.57).Conclusion: The RT is shorter in students with high academicperformance and longer in students with low academicperformance.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Physiology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Physiology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Physiology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRaj prabha, Sharma Mahima, Kacker Sudhanshu, Tomar Anamika. Reaction Time and Academic Performance: An Association to Determine The Cognitive Status of First Year Medical Students. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2019 Jul; 5(4): 56-60en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-6364
dc.identifier.issn2454-6356
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/203398
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIbn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org//10.21276/ijmrp.2019.5.4.014en_US
dc.subjectAuditory Reaction Timeen_US
dc.subjectVisual Reaction Timeen_US
dc.subjectCognitionen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Performanceen_US
dc.titleReaction Time and Academic Performance: An Association to Determine The Cognitive Status of First Year Medical Studentsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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