Mental Stress and its Implications on Reaction time
 | International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT) |  |
| © - May Issue 2013 by IJCTT Journal | ||
| Volume-4 Issue-5 | ||
| Year of Publication : 2013 | ||
| Authors :Apoorvagiri, Nagananda M S |
Apoorvagiri, Nagananda M S"Mental Stress and its Implications on Reaction time"International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT),V4(5):1426-1430 May Issue 2013 .ISSN 2231-2803.www.ijcttjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.
Abstract: - Stress is a common in everyday life. Mental distress leads to increase in the reaction time and decrease in attention and concentration. It could results in poor performance. Reaction time implies on stress. When the mind gets exhausted, it usually faces some complications to do mental tasks at the satisfactory performance level which leads to many happenings and mishaps. Subsequently, monitoring of mental stress is essential to assess stress. This paper reviews about quantification of stress using reaction time.
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Keywords — Distress, Eustress, Cognition, Latency, and Reaction Time.