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Experiments with both children and adults replicated earlier findings that vocalizing choice before responding resulted in significantly more errors than vocalizing choice after responding. The difference appeared to be due to poorer performance with prior vocalization rather than to better performance with subsequent vocalization.
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This research was supported in part by Grant MH 15848-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The results were part of a paper presented at the 1969 meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois. I thank the administration and faculty of the Bellingham Public Schools for their courtesy and cooperation.
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Carmean, S.L., Bauman, C.R. Vocalizing choice prior to responding hinders discrimination learning. Psychon Sci 16, 303–304 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332701
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