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| Preferred Name | serial reaction time task |
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"In this task, a visual cue can appear at any one of four positions arranged horizontally on a computer screen. Each screen position, designated 1– 4, corresponds to a button on a response pad. When a cue appears, at the start of each trial, a participant selects the appropriate response button, which ends the trial [...]. The duration of each trial, defined by the participant’s response time, is the primary task measure. At the end of each trial, there is a short fixed delay, often between 200 and 500 ms, before another cue is presented. The visual cues play out a repeating sequence of positions (for example, 2-3-1-4-3-2-4-1-3-4-2-1). These sequential trials are then followed by random trials in which the visual cue no longer plays out a repeating pattern of positions." (Robertson, 2007, p. 10074).
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SRTT
SRT
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| definition | "In this task, a visual cue can appear at any one of four positions arranged horizontally on a computer screen. Each screen position, designated 1– 4, corresponds to a button on a response pad. When a cue appears, at the start of each trial, a participant selects the appropriate response button, which ends the trial [...]. The duration of each trial, defined by the participant’s response time, is the primary task measure. At the end of each trial, there is a short fixed delay, often between 200 and 500 ms, before another cue is presented. The visual cues play out a repeating sequence of positions (for example, 2-3-1-4-3-2-4-1-3-4-2-1). These sequential trials are then followed by random trials in which the visual cue no longer plays out a repeating pattern of positions." (Robertson, 2007, p. 10074). |
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| bibliographicCitation | Nissen, M. J., & Bullemer, P. (1987). Attentional requirements of learning: Evidence from performance measures. Cognitive Psychology, 19(1), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(87)90002-8
Oliveira, C. M., Hayiou-Thomas, M. E., & Henderson, L. M. (2024). Reliability of the serial reaction time task: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77(1), 2256 – 2282. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241232347
Janacsek, K., Shattuck, K. F., Tagarelli, K. M., Lum, J. A. G., Turkeltaub, P. E., & Ullman, M. T. (2020). Sequence learning in the human brain: A functional neuroanatomical meta-analysis of serial reaction time studies. NeuroImage, 207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116387
Robertson, E. M. (2007). The serial reaction time task: Implicit motor skill learning? Journal of Neuroscience, 27(38), 10073–10075. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2747-07.2007
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| creator | Frank Arnould
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| created | March 25, 2022
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| modified | May 15, 2025
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