The Relationship between Reaction Time, Intelligence, and Anxiety

n order to study the relationship among reaction time, intelligence, and anxiety level, 36 female and 29 male university students from Isfahan University responded to the Reaction Time Test (Donders, 1968), the Cattell Anxiety scale, and the Raven’s Progressive Matrices. Results showed negative significant correlations between Simple Reaction Time (SRT) and intelligence (P= 0.002, r = -0.373), and between intelligence, overt anxiety (P= 0.038, r = -0.257), and total anxiety (P= 0.022, r = -0.284). When testing the choice reaction time (CRT), the males significantly outperformed the females. However, there were no significant gender differences in intelli- gence and the anxiety level. Also, reaction time and the level of anxiety were not significantly correlated.