Macroscopic thermodynamics of reaction times

Martín, Fermín Moscoso del Prado

doi:10.1016/j.jmp.2011.04.001

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“…. Apart from physics, entropy is also an analysis tool in a variety of fields [41][42][43][44], for example, in psychology it is widely used to analyse cognition experiments [41,42]. The panel a) of Figure 3 shows the fit of the MB distribution Equation ( 7) to all the RT experimental data for which B = 0.159 ± 0.010 (R 2 = 0.88) and in panel b) we show the entropy density curve.…”

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Human Reaction Times: Linking Individual and Collective Behaviour Through Physics Modeling

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An individual’s reaction time data to visual stimuli have usually been represented in Experimental Psychology by means of an ex-Gaussian function. In most previous works, researchers have mainly aimed at finding a meaning for the parameters of the ex-Gaussian function which are known to correlate with cognitive disorders. Based on the recent evidence of correlations between the reaction time series to visual stimuli produced by different individuals within a group, we go beyond and propose a Physics-inspired model to represent the reaction time data of a coetaneous group of individuals. In doing so, a Maxwell–Boltzmann-like distribution appeared, the same distribution as for the velocities of the molecules in an Ideal Gas model. We describe step by step the methodology we use to go from the individual reaction times to the distribution of the individuals response within the coetaneous group. In practical terms, by means of this model we also provide a simple entropy-based methodology for the classification of the individuals within the collective they belong to with no need for an external reference which can be applicable in diverse areas of social sciences.

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“…Figure 2 (panel b)) shows the entropy curve for the experimental data of this work. Entropy is not only a widely-used concept in Physics [26], but also an analysis tool in a variety of fields outside Physics [38,39,40,41]. Particularly in Psychology, entropy has been applied, for instance, to analyse cognition experiments [38,39].…”

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Brain reaction times: Linking individual and collective behaviour through Physics modelling

Castro-Palacio,

de Córdoba,

Isidro

et al. 2019

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“…As far as we can measure it, the bit rate of information needed to describe our conscious states of mind is far smaller than these numbers. For example, lexical decision tasks may take us only of the order of 100 bits per second of information processing [17], not all of which is conscious. The number of details we can attend to per second in visual images also appears relatively small in comparison.…”

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2018

Found Phys

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I sketch a line of thought about consciousness and physics that gives some motivation for the hypothesis that conscious observers deviate -perhaps only very subtly and slightly -from quantum dynamics. Although it is hard to know just how much credence to give this line of thought, it does add motivation for a stronger and more comprehensive programme of quantum experiments involving quantum observers. Consciousness -the collection of perceptions, sensations, thoughts, emotions, thoughts about perceptions, andOn the view given so far, then, a complete understanding of the physics of S involves understanding T , deriving the predictions that T makes for S, and then adding, as an extra interesting detail, that S has a particular (maybe empty) form of consciousness C(S). This detail is generally time-dependent, our experiences tell us: as the physical state of S changes over time, the consciousness C(S) generally also changes. [50]

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Macroscopic thermodynamics of reaction times

Cited by 9 publications

References 85 publications

Human Reaction Times: Linking Individual and Collective Behaviour Through Physics Modeling

Human Reaction Times: Linking Individual and Collective Behaviour Through Physics Modeling

Brain reaction times: Linking individual and collective behaviour through Physics modelling

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