Essay On The Effect Of Sleep Times 6, 8 Hours On Reaction Time

Results The experiment testing the question, “What is the effect of sleep times 6, 7, 8 hours on reaction time (seconds) in humans?” concluded that the group sleeping six hours had an average reaction time of 0.54 seconds, the group sleeping seven hours had an average reaction time of 0.60 seconds, and the group sleeping eight hours had an average reaction time of 0.45 seconds. The hypothesis was somewhat supported with the group sleeping eight hours having the highest reaction time, however, the group sleeping seven hours hours had a slower reaction time than those sleeping six hours. There were no obvious trends in the data aside from the seven hour group having an unusually high reaction time relative to the other groups. Nor were there
Based on this information, the hypothesis was not supported, however, the eight hour group still had the fastest reaction time. Extreme variation in data also discourages one’s confidence in the experimental data. Ideas for future research may include: performing the experiment in a more controlled environment (such as a hospital or laboratory), allowing the subjects to become significantly sleep deprived and recording their reaction times to compare to those of rested subjects, and allowing subjects to get a limited amount of sleep per night for an extended period of time to test the effect of sleep deprivation on the whole