Simple reaction time: how it relates to body mass index (BMI), gender and handedness in Ghanaian students.

Brown, Ato Ampomah; Derkyi-Kwarteng, Leonard; Ackom, Christian K; Addae, Ernest; Newton, Francis; Amoah, Dennis; Nartey Blemano, Dennis

dc.contributor.author	Brown, Ato Ampomah
dc.contributor.author	Derkyi-Kwarteng, Leonard
dc.contributor.author	Ackom, Christian K
dc.contributor.author	Addae, Ernest
dc.contributor.author	Newton, Francis
dc.contributor.author	Amoah, Dennis
dc.contributor.author	Nartey Blemano, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-04T10:22:37Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-04T10:22:37Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8993
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between gender, handedness and body mass index (BMI) with simple reaction time. The study was conducted amongst 501 (232 females and 269 males) untrained University of Cape Coast students, Ghana whose ages ranged from 17-29 years. In this study it was found that males had faster reaction times than females, likewise the mean reaction time of the left hand was also faster than that of the right hand. There was however no significant difference in the mean reaction time across BMI classes In conclusion, simple reaction time is influenced by gender and handedness but appears not to be influence by BMI	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Journal of Medical Sciences	en_US
dc.subject	simple reaction time - body mass index (BMI) - gender - handedness	en_US
dc.title	Simple reaction time: how it relates to body mass index (BMI), gender and handedness in Ghanaian students.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US