A study of auditory and visual reaction time in male and female group during Single and Multitasking process

Dr. Ishaan Kalavatia; Dr. Veerbhan Singh; Dr. Jitendra Tiwari

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

A study of auditory and visual reaction time in male and female group during Single and Multitasking process

Dr. Ishaan Kalavatia, Dr. Veerbhan Singh, Dr. Jitendra Tiwari

Abstract :

Present work involves the comparison of the auditory and visual reaction time recorded onAudiovisual ReactionTime Machine for the 18-40 years age groups, women (56) and men (34) whom concomitantly use mobile phones. Significantly shorter reaction times (p<0.05) was observed in male both for auditory and visual than females subjectsboth during single task and multi task performance. The percent increase of auditory reaction times from their respectivebaseline, was recorded more in men than women during multitasking, in hand held (25.48%& 19.86% respectively) and hands free modes (39.68% & 20.45% respectively) of the use of cell phone. Increase in VRTwas observed non significantly during multitasking in both the groups. However, the multitasking hasnegative effect on the reaction times in both the groups studied. Therefore, multitaskingshould best be neglected inimportant and high awarenesschallengingerrands like driving.