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A verbal transformation (VT) is any perceptible change that subjects hear when the same word is repeated several times. Habituation was studied by investigating whether more VTs would occur during the second 3 min of word repetition. We also attempted to replicate the finding of Snyder, Calef, Choban, and Greller (1992) that a familiar word presentation style (a word spoken relatively “normally”) resulted in more VTs than did an unfamiliar word presentation style (a word spoken slowly). Thirty-two psychology students listened to six neutral words repeated for 6 min with approximately 3 sec between words. Subjects reported significantly more VTs during the second as opposed to the first 3 min of word repetition only during normal presentation, supporting a habituation explanation that an increase in VTs following the continuous repetition of a word could be an example of habituation. We replicated the findings of Snyder et al. (1992) only during the second 3 min.
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Snyder, K.A., Calef, R.S., Choban, M.C. et al. Effects of word repetition and presentation rate on the frequency of verbal transformations: Support for habituation. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 31, 91–93 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334148
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