Witty User Manual - EN - v1.5 P. 76 / 171
Minimum time The minimum time (default 32 ms) is also called the "WOW! Factor"
(always visible during the trial) and is a target that you can give your
athlete/patient to strive for.
In all the cognitive tests that we are going to describe, the response time available is never a
parameter to be set, because it is an "adaptive time" that is self-regulating based on our previous
answers.
If in fact we are good and we respond quickly, the time available for us will shorten (making the exercise
harder), vice versa if we have trouble and are slower, the time will lengthen (making the exercise easier). The
purpose in fact is not to "depress" or discourage people who at the beginning have more issues in doing the
exercise, but to lead them to progress little by little and see their time shorten.
During the execution of a test the Witty Timer user interface will show:
- In the green box at bottom left the Repetitions Number
- At bottom right the Response Time (set at the beginning as the Start Time)
- The right and left arrows will color respectively green or red depending on whether our answers are
improving or worsening compared to the previous ones
- At top right the WOW! Factor equal to the Minimum Time
If we have the test repeated at the same bib number (we then increase the trial number and leave the #bib
fixed) the response time will restart from when the previous test ended. Similarly, if we have transferred the
athletes’ names (and consequently the tests are associated with a specific GUID), the response time will be
equal to the last one recorded for that particular type of exercise.
Note: When the following explanations say to “switch off" or "press" the semaphore,
it always means moving a hand close to it in order to black out a proximity sensor.
There is never any need to physically touch the semaphore.
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