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Fast presentation (about 1 word/sec) impairs subsequent recognition of both common and very rare words. This presentation rate, slow enough for accurate perception but probably too fast for much more elaborate information processing, also sharply reduces the variability of recognition memory scores.
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The research described in this paper was first reported at the 1967 meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
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Schulman, A.I., Lovelace, E.A. Recognition memory for words presented at a slow or rapid rate. Psychon Sci 21, 99–100 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335785
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