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There is a simple reaction time experiment which consists of only one stimulus and one response (Kosinski, 2010). There is also a recognition reaction time experiment and has more than one stimulus that needs to be responded to and it also contains a detractor set (Kosinski, 2010). Another type of reaction time experiment is the choice test. In this type of test the user must give a response that corresponds to the stimulus (Kosinski, 2010). The reaction time test that we used in our research will be a simple reaction time experiment. A variety of personal characteristics have been shown to be associated with differences in reaction time. For example arousal, age, gender, left or right handedness, practice and errors, fatigue, personality, direct or peripheral vision, fasting, distraction, alcohol, breathing cycle, finger tremors, exercise, drugs, intelligence, learning disorders, brain injuries, and illness (Kosinski, 2010). Age is one of the factors that influence reaction time as Bellis (1933), states that the shortest reaction time for both males and females is between the ages of twenty-one and thirty years old. Also Bellis (1933) found in his research that the reaction time of males is shorter than females, especially in childhood and late maturity. Philip, Taillard, Sagaspe, Valtat, and Sanchez-Ortuno (2004), found that sleep deprivation and
