Reaction-time edge by being in lanes nearest pistol?

[Alan]

Take a look at the following study:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 094349.htm

[George P.]

There is a whole tribe of technical wizards (scientists, analysts, etc.) out there whose livelihood depends on churning our "studies." No matter what your thesis, you can probably round up a study (or ten) to support it.

My guess is this factor is well down on the list of things affecting reaction time, but there's not much of a market for studies whose conclusion is "no perceptible effect."

[proofs in the pudd'in]

Yeah!! What if you have wax in your ears that day. Did they factor that in :P :P

[Powell]

Guess they never heard of silent gun systems.

[EPelle]

Related topics worth reviewing:

http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discuss ... hp?t=18341
http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discuss ... hp?t=10800
http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discuss ... hp?t=12850

[Aiden]

I would be interested in seeing actual data pertaining to which lanes major meet victors ran in and in which lanes records have been set. Although this may be skewed by the fact that the better athletes usually end up closer to the middle lanes, no?

[Daisy]

I would be interested in seeing actual data pertaining to which lanes major meet victors ran in and in which lanes records have been set. Although this may be skewed by the fact that the better athletes usually end up closer to the middle lanes, no?

Reaction times are the data to use. Performance has to many other variables and biases to make any conclusions.

[Aiden]

I would be interested in seeing actual data pertaining to which lanes major meet victors ran in and in which lanes records have been set. Although this may be skewed by the fact that the better athletes usually end up closer to the middle lanes, no?

Reaction times are the data to use. Performance has to many other variables and biases to make any conclusions.

True enough. Good point.