Rapid letter transcription performance by stutterers.
To test the idea that associated with stuttering is a cognitive difficulty related to the organization of sequences of responses, stutterers and fluent speakers were compared on a task that required the transcription to paper of rapidly presented letter sequences ranging in length from 3 to 10 letters. Compared to fluent speakers, stutterers transcribed significantly fewer sequences correctly. A number of possible hypotheses to account for the results are discussed.
Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013342:Stuttering / Q000523:psychology*