Researchers studying the response times of individual neurons have provided a physiological explanation for why the same individual can vary widely in how long it takes to respond to a stimulus. Their results are reported on ( page 427 ) of this issue. The researchers invite you to test your own reaction time by downloading a 10-trial demo (1 MB, for Macintosh only).
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