Title: Effect of Stress on Mental Fitness in the Form of Reaction Time (Visual As Well As Auditory)
Author: Ranjan Kumar Dixit, Trilok Ranjan Srivastav, Monica Dixit, Jai Prakash, Shahina Khan
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i2.49
Back Ground And Aim: Medical students confront with significant academic, psychological, existential stressor throughout their professional training therefore this study is plan to see the effect of stress on mental fitness (reaction time visual and auditory). Material and method: This study was done to assess the effects of stress on Mental fitness fitness in terms of visual and auditory reaction time in 60 young, healthy Medical students of age group17-22 yrs. In the groups, visual and auditory reaction time was measured at the beginning and after 6 month Results were analysed statistically by using student's t-test. Result: After six months, there is no any significant change in visual and auditory reaction time in the group indicating no improved mental fitness. Conclusion: There is no as such change in reaction time Keyword: Visual and Auditory Reaction Time, Stress Kato, Y., Endo, H., Kizuka, T., 2009. Mental stress and impaired response processes: Strohl, K., Merritt, P.S.L., Blatt, J., Pack, A.I., Council, Forrest, Rogus, Susan, Georges, Kate, Roth, Thomas, Kiley, James, Stutts, Jane, Kurrus, Roger, Waller, Pat, McCartt, Anne T., Willis, D., 1998. Drowsy Driving and Automobile Crashes. NHTSA, National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Minal Patel, Singh SK. “Effect of pregnancy on visual reaction time Journal of Obstetric and Gynecology . 2006; Vol.56:410-412. S. Triggs, T.J., Harris, W.G. (Eds.), 1982. Reaction Time of Drivers to Road Stimuli. Monash University, Victoria. p. 68. Mathews, A. & MacLeod, C. (2002) Induced processing biases have causal effects on anxiety. Cognition & Emotion, 16, 331-354. Matthews, G. (1996) Extraversion, emotion, and performance: A cognitive adaptive model. In G. Matthews (Ed.) Cognitive science perspectives on personality and emotion. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Vasmatzidis,I., Schlegel, R. E., & Hancock, P. A. (2002). An investigation of heat stress effects on time-sharing performance. Ergonomics. 45(3) 218-239 Ackerman, P. L, & Kanfer, R. (1994) Improving problem-solving and decision-making skills under stress: Prediction and training (Final Report, Sep. 1991 - Jul. 1994). Report Number AD-A292104; REPT- 94-01 Matthews, G, Sparkes, T. J., & Bygrave, H. M. (1996) Attentional overload, stress, and simulated driving performance. Human Performance, 9, 77-101Abstract
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