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How Fast Is Red Dead Redemptions Dead Eye?

You have to be quick on the draw to survive in Red Dead Redemption, which is why Dead Eye is so helpful. But just how helpful? Kyle takes his best shot on this week’s Because Science!

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Learn More:
•LIMITS OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE: https://www.blurbusters.com/human-reflex-input-lag-and-the-limits-of-human-reaction-time/2/Opens in new tab
• HUMAN REACTION TIME STATISTICS: https://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/statisticsOpens in new tab
• SPEED OF PROCESSING IN THE HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM: https://www.nature.com/articles/381520a0Opens in new tab
• THE GUNSLINGER EFFECT: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4ac8/e173f9d53d3caed190d1650c0391e2053d79.pdf?_ga=2.19938488.1202866775.1538594507-800753590.1538594507Opens in new tab
• VIDEO GAMES INCREASE REACTION TIME: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871325/Opens in new tab
• MENTAL CHRONOMETRY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_chronometryOpens in new tab
• SPRINT STARTS AND MINIMUM AUDITORY REACTION TIME [PDF]: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b00c/ac7fad75d4cf3f1fdabdf1ce4cb648247bb7.pdf?_ga=2.134537010.2110069424.1538696101-800753590.1538594507Opens in new tab
• REACTION TIME EXPERIMENTS: https://backyardbrains.com/experiments/reactiontimeOpens in new tab
• BREAKDOWN OF A FAST DRAW: http://www.fastdraw.org/fd_draw.htmlOpens in new tab
• A LITERATURE REVIEW ON REACTION TIME: http://www.cognaction.org/cogs105/readings/clemson.rt.pdfOpens in new tab

10.25.2018