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From: derek@gucis.OZ (Derek Austin)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Clarifications for the Ultra Fast Timer
Message-ID: <305@gucis.OZ>
Date: Tue, 3-Jun-86 20:58:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  3 20:58:34 1986
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References: <724@watcgl.UUCP> <1177@well.UUCP>
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In article <1177@well.UUCP> rab@well.UUCP (Bob Bickford) writes:
>   One microsecond accuracy?  In a psychology experiment?  Be real.
>You'll be measuring times in the range of several hundred milleseconds
>at least; ask the prof. why the hell he needs five-digit accuracy.
>I bet he doesn't.   Probably you'd do just fine with one MILLISECOND
>accuracy...!

If it's behavioural response time from a human you're measuring,
millisecond accuracy is fine.  However, if you're measuring brain responses,
as in say, an auditory perception experiment, microseconds can become important!


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