Volume 40, Number 4, 1170-1176, DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.4.1170

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Using Adobe Flash Lite on mobile phones for psychological research: Reaction time measurement reliability and interdevice variability

Stian Reimers and Neil Stewart

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Abstract

Mobile telephones have significant potential for use in psychological research, possessing unique characteristics— not least their ubiquity—that may make them useful tools for psychologists. We examined whether it is possible to measure reaction times (RTs) accurately using Adobe Flash Lite on mobile phones. We ran simple and choice RT experiments on two widely available mobile phones, a Nokia 6110 Navigator and a Sony Ericsson W810i, using a wireless application protocol (WAP) connection to access the Internet from the devices. RTs were compared within subjects with those obtained using a Linux-based millisecond-accurate measurement system. Results show that measured RTs were significantly longer on mobile devices, and that overall RTs and distribution of RTs varied across devices.
This research and S.R. were supported by a fellowship from the ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE). N.S. was supported by ESRC Grants ESRC RES-062-23-0952, ESRC RES-000-22-2459, and ESRC RES-000-23-1372.

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