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Adults memorized lists of visually presented consonant letters while monitored simultaneously by a lipreader and an electromyograph (EMG) for rehearsal activity. Lipreading was more sensitive than EMG in detecting who was verbally rehearsing.
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This project was supported, in part, by a National Institutes of Health Fellowship (1 F03 HD-53445-01) and Grant HD-05951, both from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The authors acknowledge the assistance of Ella Futrell in preparing the manuscript for publication. This paper is sponsored by J. C. Campione who takes full editorial responsibility.
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Locke, J.L., Ginsburg, M. Electromyography and lipreading in the detection of verbal rehearsal. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 5, 246–248 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337621
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