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Subjects were given three trials to speak and to write as fast as they could both the alphabet and a set of two-digit numbers. The speed of oral responding was approximately six syllables per second for letters and seven syllables per second for digits. The speed for writing was approximately two items per second for both digits and letters. Correlations between tasks within the same mode were all significant (p <.01); correlations between modes on the same task were usually not. Implications for research in verbal learning and memory are discussed.
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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant GB-6044. The paper was prepared by the senior author during tenure of an Honorary Research Fellowship at Birkbeck College, University of London. We appreciate discussion with and comments by George Allen, Margaret Cooper, Jeffrey Frederick, Michael Goodman, David Legge, Mary McGraw, and Donald Mershon.
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Newman, S.E., Nicholson, L.R. Speed of oral and written responding. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 7, 202–204 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337168
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