Think playing video games improves reaction time???

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#1  Edited By TheJollyRajah

You think you have an awesome reaction time? You think gaming makes you alert?

If you think so, then try this reaction time test and post your scores!

http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/reaction-time.html

Surprisingly, my reaction time is within the average... I have a .225 second average. The average reaction time for a human is .2 - .25, so I guess I'm pretty good...

So, give it a try and post your results.

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#2  Edited By zigaroo

I can barely feel the fingers to my right hand from shoveling snow for four hours yesterday so a measly .298 avg.

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#3  Edited By kush

My avg was .239 ...not too bad I guess, especially since it's only 7AM and I've already been up for 10hrs.

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#4  Edited By Out_On_Bail

mine was .254, i guess that's good enough

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#5  Edited By j_joe32

I got 0.201... but I did get a full night's rest.

I was unhappy with my first score, so I got a .197 avg on my second try and on the third I got a .186 avg. And now I have to stop playing with this thing before I get fired for playing with this toy.

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#6  Edited By VitaminWaterYum

My fastest was .061 with an average of .24


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#7  Edited By Alexander

My average was 12.472 seconds

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#8  Edited By TheJollyRajah
Crayola said:
"My fastest was .061 with an average of .24


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It's physically impossible to react below a tenth of a second, since it takes about a tenth of a second for your brain to receive signals from your eye.

So, you probably got really lucky and clicked at the wrong time, but the light changed colors just before you made the mistake.
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#9  Edited By penguindust

I did it twice. .242 the 1st time through, .241 the second time through.  So, I guess the results are consistent.

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#10  Edited By Joru

.26 :(. I think I could do better but it's hard to concentrate for some reason. I don't tend to react very quickly though.

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#11  Edited By Arucardo

0.202 on the first time 0.18 on the second. No cheating involved, 5 hours of sleep but the red bull I just had might have helped :p .

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#12  Edited By Diamond

I've taken tests like this before.  I got .18 average all but the last one which is always a bit slower for me for some reason.  I hear that in reaction tests like this, the sense of touch is faster than sound, sound is faster than eyes, and eyes are slowest.  I think what games do for people is gives them faster reaction times to more complicated scenarios.  Show people a Helghast or ISA face (or any other game allies/enemies) from different angles and see how faster gamers react compared to other people.

also : I'm using a CRT, I wonder if that is helping my times?

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#13  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

.382

But I've always had problems with my hand eye co-ordination, since I was a kid.

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#14  Edited By Jayge_

.168

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#15  Edited By mike

Screenshots or it didn't happen!  I took the test twice and my average was around .240 both times.

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#16  Edited By JoelTGM

0.209

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#18  Edited By Jayge_
MB said:
"Screenshots or it didn't happen!  I took the test twice and my average was around .240 both times."
You're old.
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#19  Edited By Bioderm

0.196 on a hang over

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#20  Edited By Geno

0.18 average, but I had one at 0.007 seconds 0_0

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#21  Edited By PureRok

My average time was .19.

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#22  Edited By Verdugo

Mine was .278.

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#23  Edited By Karmum

I didn't bother to print screen, but my first try I averaged around the 2.0X range. Second time I think I was in the high 1.9X range.

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#24  Edited By MKHavoc

Got .389 the first time, .381 next, and the last one I did was .301.  I thought I'd do a lot better.

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#25  Edited By Player1

they do. My hitting skills in baseball got better as I played more video games. 

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#26  Edited By TheJollyRajah

Seeing some people's scores in here is making me feel slow.

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#27  Edited By Sticky_Pennies

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I'll get back to you on that one.
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#28  Edited By Magnus_Bulla

Mine was .239, but somehow I managed like a 1.5something on the last one.

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#29  Edited By zityz

First time was .27 2nd time was .252

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#30  Edited By c1337us

Yeh I have heard of surgeons using games to improve their reaction and precision skills. My reaction time is good but nothing stellar.

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#31  Edited By Black_Raven

My average was 0.25. My last one where the dot changes to a huge dot was my quickest at 0.197

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#32  Edited By Snipzor

I got .335, which is understandable because my reflexes are shot. Unless it is fueled by my adrenaline, in which my reflexes are enhanced. Very strange I must say.

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#33  Edited By Sticky_Pennies

Ok, I'm back.

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This is good, right?
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#34  Edited By Gunner

.233

Meh.

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#35  Edited By Gunner
AnimZero said:
"Ok, I'm back.

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Your not sposed to do it while playing games silly.
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0.21 average, 0.19 fastest