AGE- RELATED DIFFERENCES IN REACTION TIME TASK PERFORMANCE IN SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBES CHILDREN OF SONBHADRA DISTRICT.
- Junior Research Fellow, PhD Scholar, Dept. of Kriya Sharir, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P, India.
- Junior Research Fellow, PhD Scholar, Dept. of Kriya Sharir, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P, India.
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Vikriti Vigyan, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P, India.
- Professors, Dept. of Kriya Sharir, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P, India.
- Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Kriya Sharir, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P, India.
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Background: The present study is an attempt to access the cognitive development of SC and ST children by using non-verbal test of reaction time. Reaction time is defined as the time that passes from the arousal of a sensory organ to a motor reaction. This test help in investigating SC and ST children to see the age related differences in their processing speed. Fast and quick responses show attentive mind and fast processing speed of brain. Materials and Methods: Present study was conducted on 350 scheduled caste children and 407 scheduled tribe’s children with an age group of 4 to 10 years. Study was conducted in villages of Sonbhadra district. For both auditory and visual reaction time three responses from each respondent were recorded in milliseconds (ms). Analysis was done on SPSS by applying independent sample t-test. Observations & Result: Mean and standard deviation of VRT and ART of both SC and ST children were compared. While comparing VRT among groups it was found statistically significant in all age groups, but in ART it was found significant only in upper age group i.e 8, 9 and 10. Very prolong reaction time was given by both SC and ST children for audio and visual reaction time. Hence from our study we conclude that the cognitive development of both SC and ST is very poor.
[Tanvi Twara, Sanskriti Upasna, Priyadarshni Tewari, Aruna Agrawal and G.P Dubey. (2016); AGE- RELATED DIFFERENCES IN REACTION TIME TASK PERFORMANCE IN SCHEDULED CASTE AND SCHEDULED TRIBES CHILDREN OF SONBHADRA DISTRICT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Nov). 2112-2119] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
