The relationship between reaction time,intelligence,and anxiety

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Maryam Zia-ei ¹ , Sholeh Amiri ²

1 - Postgraduate Student Shahid Beheshti University
2 - Sholeh Amiri, PhD Isfahan University

Received: 2015-06-06 Accepted : 2015-06-06 Published : 2006-09-23

Keywords: intelligence, simple reaction time (SRT), discriminative reaction time (DRT), choice reaction time (CRT), covert anxiety, overt anxiety, total anxiety,

Abstract :

In order to study the relationship among reaction

     
     
 

   
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