IB HL Biology IA Survey Raphaela Zoecklein

Raphaela Zöcklein, IB HL Biology, Internal Assessment April 2020
Dear Participant,
You are invited to join my research study “The association between cognitive stimulating activities and
performance in reaction time towards aging”. This research study investigates the correlation between
age, gender, auditory stimuli (noise distraction) and reaction time. In this survey, you are asked three
short questions and to complete an activity.
After the completion of a visual reaction time test with three (3) series of five (5) tries you are asked to
answer three (3) simple questions and to send the results to me via fb message or email. The series are
as follows:
Serie 1: five (5) tries to get familiar to the system
Serie 2: five (5) tries without distraction
Serie 3: five (5) tries with noise distraction
The questions can be found below this text in the Step-by-step description. The answers should be sent
together with the screenshots of your reaction time results.
The experiment is anonymous and will not be shared with any other entity. After receiving your message
with the data and screenshots, solely the data will be transferred into a database, the message will be
deleted hereafter. The entire survey (Step-by-step description, questions and visual Reaction Time test)
will take about 5 minutes. Due to the current COVID-19 Crisis, this survey will be done digitally to ensure
your well-being. The data and the screenshots can be sent via Facebook or email:
raphaela.studybox2020@gmail.com
It is best to use the computer for this matter. The use of headphones is desired but not mandatory.
In terms of the visual reaction time task, you are asked to open up the website (open it now but do not
play it yet):
https://www.humanbenchmark.com/dashboard/reactiontime
Then, download the mp3 distraction sound (open it in a new tab but do not listen to it yet):
https://soundcloud.com/user-170810297/auditory-simuli-for-serie3-noise-distraction/s-tSq4DnTZPar
The study could have a potential risk, concerning the rising exposure to loud sounds. Therefore, increase
the music volume as loud as possible but still within a comfortable level for you!

Raphaela Zöcklein, IB HL Biology, Internal Assessment April 2020
Step-by-Step description of the test procedure for the survey:
Step (1): Familiarization
Series 1: Visual Reaction Time test to get familiar to the test procedures.
Step (2): Visual test
- Conduct one (1) series of five (5) trials. After the fifth trial you will get an average score.
This is just for you, do not send a screenshot, do not repeat it again.
- Close the app.
Series 2: Visual Reaction Time test without distraction
- Conduct one (1) series of five (5) trials. After the fifth trial you will get an average score.
Create a screenshot, or take a picture with your mobile phone.
- Close the app.
Series 3: Visual Reaction Time test with distraction
Step (3): Survey
- Open the mp3 sound file and play it as loud as possible but still comfortable for you.
- Conduct one (1) series of five (5) trials. After the fifth trial you will get another average
score. Create a screenshot, or take a picture with your mobile phone.
- Close the app.
- Name the two screenshots (Series 2, Series 3) and include them into a fb-message or into an email
- Include the answers of the following three questions to the same message
1. What gender do you identify as? Choose one answer from the multiple choice.
a. Female
b. Male
c. Rather not say
2. How old are you?
3. Gaming frequency
a. More than 13 hrs per week
b. 3 to 13 hrs per week
c. less than 3 hrs per week
Step (4): Send the message/ email and you are done :) Yay!
Thank you ahead, for your time and participation. I REALLY appreciate it!
With friendly regards,
Raphaela