The purpose of this experiment is to discover during which age in a human's life the nervous system is the fastest. To carry out this experiment three groups of people were needed. These three groups were made up of a group of children, 6-7, adolescents,13-14, and adults, 40-60. There were ten subjects tested from each group. The materials needed were a table and a metric ruler. The subject put their forearm on the table, so that their hand was extending past the edge of the table. The meter stick was held in between the subject's thumb and fingers, so that the zero point was in between their thumb and finger. Drop the meter stick without warning, and have the subject catch the stick as quickly as he/she can. Then record the centimeter mark, where the stick was caught in the log book. Repeat this experiment ten times, and have a random wait time between each drop. Cross out the highest and lowest numbers on the chart, so that only eight numbers remain. Find the average of these and record it in the chart.
After completing the experiment, it was found that Group B, made up of adolescents ages 13-14, had the shortest distance the ruler was dropped with an average of 16.36 cm. Group C, consisting of adults between the ages of 40-60, had the second shortest distance with an average of 17.60 cm. Group A, made up of 6-7 year old children, had the longest distance dropped with an average of 20.92 cm,

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