@misc{10481/33073,
year = {2014},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/33073},
abstract = {Human reaction time (RT) can be defined as the time elapsed from stimulus presentation until a reaction/response occurs (e.g., manual, verbal, saccadic, etc.). RT has been a fundamental measure of the sensory-motor latency at suprathreshold conditions for more than a century and is one of the hallmarks of human performance in everyday tasks (Luce, 1986; Meyer et al., 1988). Some examples are the measurement of RTs in sports science, driving safety or in aging. Under repeated experimental conditions the RT is not a constant value but fluctuates irregularly over time. Stochastic fluctuations of RTs are considered a benchmark for modeling neural latency mechanisms at a macroscopic scale (Luce, 1986; Smith and Ratcliff, 2004). Power-law behavior has been reported in at least three major types of experiments.},
publisher = {Frontiers Foundation},
keywords = {Human reaction time},
keywords = {Pieron's law},
keywords = {Intrinsic variability},
keywords = {Power laws},
keywords = {Information transfer},
title = {A theory of power laws in human reaction times: insights from an information-processing approach},
doi = {10.3389/fnhum.2014.00621},
author = {Medina, José M. and Díaz Navas, José Antonio and Norwich, Kenneth H.},
}