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Master of The ultimate split second
dave Olympic 100m Reaction Time
Wait for the signal, don't you jump too fast (no, don't you go!) / A tenth of a second is the boundary line (yeah, that's the line!)
dave The auditory cortex of the brain processes the sound of the starting gun before sending a signal to the legs.
dave Time your sprint start to discover how sound and nerve speeds limit Olympic reaction times.
Starting line sound: In the 100m sprint, runners in outer lanes hear a traditional starting gun 0.15 seconds later than runners in inner lanes.
What medium does the sound of a traditional starting gun travel through to reach a sprinter's ear?
Which part of the brain is responsible for first processing the sound of the starting gun?
How long does it take for a sound wave to become an electrical signal in the inner ear?